Name: jess's review of Prophecy by Ellen Oh
Item: Prophecy
Rating: 2
Author: jess

Ellen Oh

A demon slayer, the only female warrior in the King's army, must battle demon soldiers, an evil shaman and the Demon Lord to find the lost ruby of the Dragon King's prophecy and save her kingdom. 30,000 first printing.

Prophecy

Florentina Beqiri

jess

Oh man, I really wanted to like this. I'm here for any fantasies that aren't inspired by European lore, and one thing I have to say is that the worldbuilding is really interesting and different. It's based on Korean historical lore, and it was cool to see. The reader isn't bombarded by too many unknown concepts at once, which I appreciate. 

I think my biggest problem with this was the writing. There's so much telling and not much showing, and I felt so disconnected from Kira to the point where I didn't really care about her or any of the characters. It also affected the plot, because everything just felt so slow.

Cindy Lee

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*This was provided by the publisher for reviewing purporses*
Big thanks to HarperTeen!

So, when I found out I won this, I was basically squealing, screaming, fan girling, etc. Which, happened all again when I got this in the mail :) My first ever ARC thanks to HarperTeen :')

When I first heard about Prophecy, I thought this was going to be something like Graceling (which I didn't like much at all). I mean, the whole book description sounds a lot like Graceling's. What with the slayer, prince, kings and stuff like that. But, what I realized is, THERE IS NO ROMANCE GOING ON WITH THE PRINCE, unlike in Graceling. The prince is only twelve (TWELVE!) for goodness's sake.

Once I got over the whole fact that this is nothing like Graceling (THANK YOU!), I really got to enjoy Prophecy. Kira, the main character, was a very independent girl. She was not, at all, bothered by the fact that everyone hated her. She still protected the people from the demons despite the fact that people called her the nine-tailed fox. She's a very strong, admirable girl that has courage in even the most horrific situations. I liked that about her :)

Now we have the love interest, Jaewon. I had a good feeling about him ever since we met him. In my opinion, there wasn't quite enough romance in this one to satisfy me.. but hopefully, there will be more in the second book. There were some scenes where I feel like, "Goodness. KISS ALREADY.." More romance please, Ms. Oh!

Another thing I feel like there should be more of is the world-building. I don't think there was quite enough of that in the book. I don't really know much about the Seven Kingdoms or the place at all except that there are some demons and very bad people wanting to destroy the whole place. So more world-building would be nice, also.

Overall, Prophecy is a enjoyable read. This is NOT a rip-off of Graceling (those people can be assured of that now.. at least in my opinion). I would say this is better than Graceling. Action-packed, this is a tale of a strong and unique heroine trying to save the world.

Florentina Beqiri &
Prophecy by Ellen Oh

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