Karla Kitalong’s Reviews > Shining Sea > Status Update

I'm not crazy about this book. It's hard to get invested in the characters--and there are a lot of characters. The author is telling rather than showing. Almost done, though. Now that I realize it's the author, not me, who is crafting how I feel about the characters, I can probably read faster.

I bought this book at a used book sale a couple of weeks ago because the author has a Finnish last name, but the book itself is not a story about Finland or Finnishness. It's a good bedtime story except for one thing: it's a hardcover, and therefore heavy and awkward to read in bed.