Welcome to another First Impression Friday. In case this is your first time, here’s the rundown:
• Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.
• Did you think you’d love and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?
• Link back to Storeys of Stories so I can enjoy reading all the First Impression Fridays out there!
Enough about rules! Let’s talk about The Outcast by Taran Matharu!
This one’s an ARC provided to me by the wonderful people at Raincoast Books. When I read the book’s description, I either couldn’t tell it was a prequel, or I completely ignored the fact. Either way, this is a prequel to the Summoner series.
Now, I haven’t read any of the Summoner books, but, The Outcast is being advertised as a great intro into The Summoner series. So I guess that makes me the right audience for this book.
I’m about 3 chapters in and while the premise still has me excited, I’m feeling a little unfulfilled on the pace and writing. Everything seems a little simplified, too straight forward, and kind of anti-climatic. Like the dude’s connection with the dog-demon: There was no real discovery. No development. It was just there, like it always had been.
Makes me think maybe I’m not the right audience for this book and that maybe it’s better if I’ve read the Summoner series. Shrug. Not a lot I can do about it now. Hopefully, it’ll improve.
Prediction: 3 stars
Other People’s Impressions:
I love your NPH gif 🙂 happy June! I hope your book turns out better than you’re predicting!
Hope it improves for you.
I added the Summoner series to my list a while ago, then I saw this at the bookstore. For some reason the blurb on this one didn’t grab me. I’m curious to see what you think of it.
I will say that I’m happy to see a YA fantasy with a male protagonist. There doesn’t seem to be that many of those anymore.
Red Rising!
You know, I actually haven’t read that one
WHAAAAT?? You need to get on that. Especially if you want to read YA with a good male lead.
If you’re going to twist my arm like that…FINE. Making me read good books. Sheesh. The nerve!
That’s how I roll…
I have been meaning to read the Summner Series but I just can’t bring myself to start another series right now haha. Tho I love the demon dog thing on the cover! Too bad the book doesn’t meet your expectations there! Hope it gets better!