Sandborn

by Kitty Chandler

Raised by her father in obscurity in a quiet little town, Dorothy was unaware of her heritage as anything but a headman's daughter. Her future was one of modest leadership, to take her father's place as a guide and guardian of the town and its people, until the storm came and destroyed everything, killing everyone she knew and loved. Now she must build a new life for herself with the traveling carnival that rescued her, find a new calling amidst showmen and wanderers. She must reconcile her new role with the knowledge an impossibly old stranger has about her family. And she must always keep one eye out behind her for signs of the chaotic malevolence that destroyed her old family and now hunts her to the edges of her world.

257 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2016

Reviews

[Widad Oteh · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Hm, this is a bit awkward. It is possible I'm missing A LOT. The prose is written as dialect, which gives it character half the time and is extremely confusing the other half. Not much happens until about 90% in, where you get some half-hearted villain confrontation, the context of which you definitely did not see coming at all /s. Also, there is a bit of discussion of a 17-year-old and a ?~40-year-old? being attracted to each other, which put me very close to being physically sick.

I suppose this is only the first in a series if the ending is anything to go by. Not a good excuse for a book in which so little happens, not even in way of character or relationship development, and far too many threads are left dangling. I spent £5 on this book OTL

[Kiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the vividness of the characters and the dynamics among them. I love the interactions that are specified and the ones that are hinted at. I love the look into a dynamic between people who are long-lived and people who are not, and how somebody newly arrived to the knowledge gets to deal with it.

Rich characters and lovely world-building.