Soriel by Melanie Nilles

**Nota Bene: Possible spoilers may or may not be present in this review.
Read at your own risk**

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I won this in a First Reads Giveaway on Goodreads and this was the first book I have ever read by Melanie Nilles.
 

After finishing the book, I am not exactly sure how I feel about it.

 

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed reading the book but I was lost from terms like Inari, Shirukan, and Keeper just being thrown around from the start of tbe book as I have not read any of the previous books in the Starfire Angels series. And I was grateful that such terms were explained about a third of the way through the book so I was no longer as lost as I was.

So I don't recommend that anyone else attempt to read this book without first trying to jump into the previous books or else wind up very confused like me.

 

Otherwise, I enjoyed the characters, in particular Lirianda's struggle with herself between being a Shirukan and her maternal side that cares deeply for Soriel despite only being a foster mother as well as Kaira's feisty personality.

 

In the end, I am left wanting to read the four books of the Dark Angel Chronicles and then reread Soriel to better gauge it.

My Verdict: 3 stars out of 5.