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Sheila Goicea

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"I’m tired of waiting for Sir to give me permission.” I say. “I’m tired of listening to stories about King Angra and how he imprisoned our people, and I’m tired of moving all the time so he doesn’t find and enslave us, too. I’m tired, Mather, and I’m going to help so none of us are tired anymore.”

Meira is no stranger to upheaval. She lost her parents at a young age when the king of Spring, King Angra of Spring took over Winter and enslaved its people. Now that only ten of her people remain free, including the future king of Winter, she desires nothing more but to learn to fight. It is, afterall, what everyone else is doing. In order to fight, she must be trained, and Sir does not see it as a necessity that she be taught the art of war. 

But when a beaten and tormented Gregg returns without Crystalla (Meira’s closest friend), Meira catches a glimpse of what is to come if she were to actively join the scouting missions. Despite Sir’s warnings, she understands that their situation isn’t a matter of if they are caught, but when.

This is an interesting glimpse into this world of seasons. While the writing is mediocre, the concept is enticing, and I immediately wanted to know more when Gregg came on the scene. It’s quite brutal what happened to both him and Crystalla, but it makes the matter all the more dire that Winter do something in order to survive against King Angra, Herod, and the rest of the people out hunting for them. I’m looking forward to getting started with this series. 

My Rating: ★★★½

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Laura Carminati

This is the first novella and it is the prologue to the main series. It isn’t that long, it occur before the first chapter and it is explained why the first book happens. Moreover we find Meira and Mather as children in a fundamental scene in which they talks about the conduits (which made me understand a scene at the end of the last book so much faster). It talks about the history of Primoria which I forgot since I read the first book a year before the second one.

I gave 4 stars even if I don’t find right to give stars to novellas since they are so short. But this helped me understand so much more of the series so I gave a rating for that reason.