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The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
3.0
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm having a hard time figuring out how I feel about The Unspoken Name. On one hand, I found the world-building interesting, but didn't feel fleshed out; the character backstories and personalities had me caring for them, but then I could barely understand their motivations because there wasn't enough development; the plot/storyline made me want to keep reading, but the pacing was all of the place and I could never tell how much time passed between scenes - some felt like 1 week and was a year and vice versa.

I'm still deciding whether I want to finish the duology with The Thousand Eyes; unfortunately, the ending of book 1 did nothing to inspire me to continue and it felt like a clean break without a plot/character-related motivation to read the sequel.