Title: Song of Blood and Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles #1)
Author: L. Penelope
Published by: St. Martin's Press
Released: May 1, 2018
Source: Review Copy provided by Publisher for Honest Review through Netgalley
Summary: Jasminda lives near the edge of the Elsiran Border. Her mother was Elsiran, her father a Lagrimari refugee. After her mother died, and father and brothers never return from a trip on the mountain, Jasminda is all alone on their homestead. She's about to lose that last piece of her family because she must pay back years of back taxes that just mysteriously came to light.
On her way back from town one day, she stumbles across a wounded man running from soldiers. Those soldiers end up capturing that man and commandeering her property. Jasminda feels sorry for the prisoner, Jack, and tries to help him.
The world Jasminda lives in is dangerous. She's mixed race and living in a place that doesn't accept her. She has the power of Earthsong, which scares some people. She's also trapped between a centuries long war of Lagrimari and Elsiran. The True Father and the Sleeping Queen.
Jasminda becomes involved in saving her land with the help of Jack and her Song.
My Thoughts: I am so excited that I got to take part in a Blog Tour for this book. My post is already up and you can check it out here! Thank you to St. Martin's Press for providing me with a free e-arc to review through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and 100% honest.
This book had a lot going on in it. It was hard for me to write a synopsis because it covered so much ground and was so many things. It was hard to categorize this book too. It's New Adult, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, and I think that covers them all. There's a lot going on in this, but I definitely enjoyed Song of Blood and Stone.
Jasminda is a strong character, a strong woman. She's lost her whole family, but she still finds a way to keep going. She also lives in a place where she's treated like a pariah because of her skin color, her heritage. I liked that she was a mixed- race character. Being able to see her struggle was eye opening, and it was sad to see people treat her the way they did. She's a strong person. I also enjoyed her reality of being mixed race and struggle to find her place. There are not many books I've read that have characters like her or highlight that struggle.
Jack was an okay character too.
I did feel like the first half of the story was a little slow, but it really picked up in the second half.
I wasn't a big fan of the insta-love that happened between Jack and Jasminda. I wish there had been more build-up. I do like them as a couple though.
I won't say I completely caught on to how the world worked, or the magic worked. I still had questions about Earthsong.
I really did enjoy the little snippets of collected Folktales at the beginning of each chapter. They reminded me of Aesop's Fables.
I did enjoy the ending and I'd be curious to see how it continues.
There was a lot going on in this book. It was a lot of things. I did enjoy it and I'm very grateful I got the chance to review it. Thank you St. Martin's Press.
BOOKCITEMENT LEVEL 3.7/5
Enjoyable
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