Howdy there mateys!
I wanted to like this book. I really did. It is a fantasy western. I loved previous western fantasy books that I read like Walk on Earth a Stranger, Wake of Vultures, and Karen Memory. But alas it is not for me. This book does not walk the plank simply because it was well written and had a great main character in Izzy. The concept was fascinating. I just couldn’t get into it and the reading was slow going for me. I had to trudge through it even though the novel is not long at 375 pages.

I think overall the magic in the novel was just not explained well enough for me. Izzy’s magic seems to be intuitive but those helping her give cryptic hints and comments. While the magic may have a compelling underlying structure, I did not seem to get a glimpse of how it works at all. The author seems to suggest that Izzy’s magic and purpose have to be learned/earned this way but I was not satisfied by it. With such a great premise, I am saddened by my take on this novel but I have to admit I have no urge to see where the story goes next. That being said other folk seemed to have really liked this one, so I am not saying that readers should skip this one. It’s just this Captain did not enjoy this adventure enough.

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