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Book: Scars of Cereba

Author: Rachel Emma Shaw

Book Series: Memoria Duology (Book 2)

Rating: 4/5

Recommended For...: fantasy readers, ya readers

Publication Date: May 10, 2021

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: 16+ (grief, kidnapping, TW suicide/suicidal thoughts, miscarriage TW, violence, gore)

Publisher: Indie Published

Pages: 300 (not an official number)

Synopsis: Falon’s mind is broken. By returning his memories, Sarilla fractured him into the man he was and the man he became after his memories were stolen. Now, he’s fighting to rejoin his two halves, but he’s locked up in the prison below the palace, his neck already fitted for the hangman’s noose. Time is quickly running out.
And it’s not just his memories that are fighting for control of his mind. He’s stuck with those of the memory thief who caused all his problems in the first place. The woman half of him loves, but the other half loathes. Her memories have stained his eyes black, making the people of Dranta and its new queen fear him. It’s up to Falon to find a way out of this mess, but it’s not going to be easy. Especially since all three of the people in his head have very different plans for how to go about it.

Review: For the most part I really liked this book. The character development improved from the first book and the world building was well done as well. The writing is easily one of my favorite parts of the book and I really felt like it greatly improved from the first book.

The only thing that I didn’t really like was that the pacing was pretty slow in a lot of places and I thought that some of the inner monologue parts, while great, went on a bit longer than necessary.

Verdict: Highly recommend for fantasy lovers!