Natural Sorcery by Marina Ermakova
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review.**
Apparently this book is meant to be read as a sequel…oops… only my stubbornness made me see it through… But now i gotta go back& figure out who the hell everyone is
Jordan Sanders a biologist and a leader of a team that studies magical animals
In other words…
Mot social. No touchy touchy. She kinda like the awkward duckling that just trying to get her work done but gets pulled into a whole lotta political crazy that she isnt *quite* equipped to handle
For a mystery magic book, this was weirdly long (prolonging the badass magical elements I wanted) and world-building got alotta attention
꧁ Worldbuilding ꧂
This is an urban type fantasy with magic normalized in our group of characters. I love the concept of Ancestoral magic and this was a pretty unique take on how that influences the rest of the worlds dynamics of resources and power.
꧁ Writing style ꧂
The writer focused more on the details and worldbuilding more than action, which was likely done to develop the characters but left me wanting more danger. Certain writing choices of the inner monologues were a little disorientating in what was actually happening in the plot. Some moments were drawn out and you were like. Why. But later revelations made some details make wayyy more sense
Overall, this was a fun book with the science nerd doing her best that was made the mystery all the more enteraining with the life chaos surrounding these characters as they struggle. While the beginning was a little basic recipe, all the twists and turns worked to elevate this whole book and really explore this elaborate bookish world.
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