Ashes of the Phoenix

By: theashesofthephoenix

Genre: General Fiction

Rating: 4.5/5

Reviewer: ThoughtfulSushi

Review:

There is not a whole lot to say about this book! It's receiving a 4.5 for a few reasons, none of which have to do with the storyline or characters.

This was advertised as an illustrative light novel and while it does have pictures at the beginning of chapters I was thrown off by the number of words in the book. I absolutely love this story so eventually, I found I was a little disappointed there weren't more. Some chapters where a marathon to read, to be honest, and the paragraphs aren't broken up by breaks in the text so I'd suggest going through and adding that. I'll be frank, I found the chapters in between with tidbits a little distracting from the story. I do like the idea of showing the reader behind the scenes that you have but it felt awkward where it was and may be better placed in the end, within other chapters or even in an extras book of its own.

I've always wanted to be able to do some kind of graphic novel myself and you have amazing talent when it comes to your drawing and your storytelling. I hope that at some point you adapt the rest of the books to English so I can continue to read them!