Mother of Souls Book Review

 I finished Heather Rose Jones' Mother of Souls this week. I liked it a lot. I'm a bit sad that the world of Alpennia is more or less finished, but I'm glad it ended on a bang and not a fizzle. The book starts off with a character we met briefly in the previous book: Serafina Talarico, a Roman born from Ethiopian parents, who moves to Alpennia to learn how to perform mysteries. Serafina left behind a negligent husband who doesn't even know she's gone. 

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I really liked the book. It was especially fun to read a non-white perspective in this fantasy world. As always, it is nice to step back into a world you're familiar with but with a fun twist. This is also the first time we see an average person in Alpennia as opposed to the uber rich or anyone in nobilitiy. Lucie Valorin is an interesting character herself. I was a bit disappointed in the end but it was a good disappointment that fit within the story. Very cathartic.

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Overall: Highly recommend this book to everyone. I bought it off of the Bella Books website. I wish I had bought the bundle after I fell in love with the first book. You can buy the bundle here and the individual book here.