Palom
‘Now the fighting’s over, you want to pick up where we left off? How? Everything’s changed.’
Linaria’s cities lie in ruin and her lands are scarred following Aciel’s war. The devastation worsens as dragons turn against the survivors in retribution for Aciel slaying their kin and stealing their power.
As the world attempts to recover from one global war and arm itself against another, Palom, hero and creator of the dragon-forged weapons that thwarted Aciel, flees across the Val Sharis wilds to rid himself of unwanted fame. Overwhelmed by guilt for failing to protect loved ones, his greatest threat is not just the weapons he created, but the new shadow growing over Linaria.
He is accompanied by a dragon hatched in his care - but with the god-like creatures turning against the world, will she be his salvation or destruction?
Discover new friends and rejoin old ones in World of Linaria - Book Two.-Goodreads
Title: Palom
Series: World of Linaria #2
Author: L.L. MacRae
Page Count: 374
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Date Read: November 4th, 2022
Opening
Anyone keeping up on my reads would realize I just finished book one (Moroda) of the World of Linaria last month. I wasn't sure I'd be able to get to the second book in November due to so much going on but it ended up fitting perfect into one of my readathon prompts so I quickly slid it into the TBR.
Even though book two was quite a bit different, it still kept to the overall feel from book one. It just seemed a bit darker and slowly building to what felt like inevitable tragedy. I dropped the author a note about midway through just to share my observation of this and how I felt so strongly for our characters in this book. There was so much struggle and burden being felt by so many of them. I still felt the first book had a lot more edge of your seat waiting for the next thing to happen where this was more of a steady burn as we really began to learn so much more about the characters. .
Pacing
The pacing was smooth. This was the second book in this series that I knocked out in just a couple of days. They aren't long by any means but they aren't super short either. They just flow from page to page so well for me.
World Building
The world building expanded not just in scope but like our characters in depth. We learn much more about several regions only really mentioned previously. And the region that Amarah and Kohl end up in is described so well. This was definitely one of the edge of your seat moments for me!
Character Development
As I just mentioned the character building in book two was just great in my opinion. Sure we already met many of these characters but we deep dive into what makes them who they are in this installment. We see light shined on internal struggles as well as how strained so many of the relationships are for several of our characters.
Closing
To sum this up, this series is quickly becoming one of my favorites and I hope to continue reading and enjoying it.
I'd recommend this book and this series so far to just about anyone looking for an easy read epic fantasy. We have dragons, races that shapeshift into animals (which is comical at times but ultimately so cool!), action/fighting and a good sprinkle of political intrigue along with different types of magic!
Scoring
Pacing 5.0 / 5.0
Worldbuilding 5.0 / 5.0
Character Development 5.0 / 5.0
