My Review of Iyanna Wilson's Free Falling

 My Review of Iyanna Wilson's Free Falling 

I was given an advanced review copy of this book for free from Booksirens in exchange for an honest review

Free Falling is a young adult fantasy mystery that I rated 2.5 stars, but rounded up to 3 for Goodreads. To prefice my review, I will say that a few rounds of revision would have definitely made this a 4 or 5 star read, since I really liked the concept.

Tropes

Young Adult
Fantasy
Slow Burn
Mystery
Political Intrigue
Royalty

My Thoughts

Worldbulding: I liked the idea of a Matriarchal society and a new monarch being chosen everytime the old one died, and the importance of Timekeepers. I also really enjoyed the concept of Fisher's Port, a floating city. I honestly just felt like a little bit more description and history of the place would have benefited it.

Plot: The idea of the main character being accused of murder and ending up becoming the Matriarch as a punishment was cool, and I enjoyed the aspect of the mystery, but it sort of fell flat in delivery. I felt like it could have been improved upon, and some areas dragged a little too much for me.

Characters: I liked the idea of the two main characters: Amorae, the accused-then-Matriarch, and Ignace, the Chief of the Defenders. But they felt kind of flat, and I feel like more depth and reasoning behind the characters was needed. Along with that, their dialogue, both internal and external, was… well, I felt like there was room for improvement.

Writing Style / Execution: I liked the concept that this story was based upon, but… the execution could be greatly improved. There were several grammar and punctuation errors, and the writing style was a little repetitive and basic. In general, I feel like one or two more revisions and edits could have really done wonders for the story.

All in all, I would pick up book 2 if I got the opportunity to.

This was my review of Free Falling by Iyanna Wilson