To go in more depth, I really enjoyed the feminist turn this book took and I loved that every single character was well-developed and one-of-a-kind, all of them in their own way. Such was my love for two, or actually three, characters that I literally hurt and cried, when they hurt and cried as well. I loved the way Kalyn Josephson dealt with depression and grief. I enjoyed the descriptions and the narration, the pacing was quite fast, except perhaps towards the middle of the book, and the ending simply left me craving for more. It was filled with elemental magic, amazing world-building and fierce, unforgettable, very hard to resist characters.

The Storm Crow is an exceptionally well-written book, with an interesting and unique magic system, political schemes and plot twists. And after stumbling upon a hidden Crow egg in the rubble of a rookery, she and her sister devise a dangerous plan to hatch the egg in secret and get back what was taken from them. Her sister Caliza is busy running the kingdom after their mother’s death, but all Thia can do is think of all she has lost.īut when Caliza is forced to agree to a marriage between Thia and the crown prince of Illucia, Thia is finally spurred into action. That terrible night has thrown Princess Anthia into a deep depression. In the tropical kingdom of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of life…until the Illucian empire invades, destroying everything. “ Eragon meets And I Darken in this thrilling new fantasy debut that follows a fallen princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring back the magical elemental crows that were taken from her people. I’m taking about none other than The Storm Crow, by Kalyn Josephson, the first novel in a new, thrilling and quite complex YA Fantasy series. Happy Valentine’s Day, awesome nerds, and as this day is all about love, let me tell you about a book that I absolutely adored. “I AM MORE THAN MY EMOTIONS, MORE THAN MY DEPRESSION AND FEAR.” ~THE STORM CROW, BY KALYN JOSEPHSON

The storm crow series