The Starving Saints by Caitlin StarlingMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The best I can say about this Medieval dark fantasy/horror is that it maintains a very specific vibe well. I was thinking of Doomsday Book and Between Two Fires for a great deal of the beginning, and a romp through (view spoiler) territory during the second half.
I don't think it was bad at all.
However, it did feel a bit like it was straying into overdone territory a bit. There have been quite a few novels over the last couple of years that keep on revisiting bits and pieces of this and I personally got a bit tired of the direction it took.
Mind you, that's just me and the fact that I read a lot. Taken on its own, without having read the sheer amount of things I've read, I'd have probably enjoyed this a great deal more. But that's just it. The originality doesn't shine. It's crafted well and it has interesting leads and baddies and considering the time and place, it has a pretty solid plot. Beyond that, I can't say much else.
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