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Havenstar by Glenda Larke
4.0
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was a fun read, very original and expansive worldbuilding. However, the last third/quarter of the book feel a bit less well though out, maybe because this is a debut novel. In particular, I thought [mild spoiler]
Havenstar was a bit too "magical" to jive with the tone of the rest of the novel, and the mechanism to make Tromplieri maps, and how to use them to defeat Chaos, a bit "easy".
 

Still, a lovely little forgotten novel.