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The first thing that grabbed my attention when I received a review request about ‘Empire of Sand’ was the beautiful cover. I love how bright and simple the cover is. And it would definitely make me want to grab a copy when I saw it in a book store. Although I haven’t read many fantasy novels lately, I was intrigued enough to want to give this book a try.
In the beginning it took me a little while to really get into this story. If you read previous reviews of mine you have read that I have serious trouble with keeping names apart. And in this book I had the same problem. There are just so many different, weird names that I just had trouble keeping up who was who. Thankfully this got better after a while, but even now I have trouble remembering the names.
Although I had trouble with all the different names, I enjoyed getting to know Mehr, the heroine of the book. There was just something about her that I really enjoyed from the very beginning. But although I enjoyed the main character, and the world building was really interesting I found this book very slow paced at moments.
I also really had trouble keeping my mind completely with the story. And I’m not sure it is to blame on the story alone, I’m starting to think it is also because I just haven’t really been into fantasy for a while now. Because this story did have everything I could have possible want for a fantasy book: strong characters, a unique world, different creatures etc. But somehow this book just wasn’t really for me.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
