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A review by esotericelixir
A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe
5.0
"His shame is no use to me if it doesn't change his actions"
A Golden Fury was an enthralling debut by [a:Samantha Cohoe|18313531|Samantha Cohoe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1536025611p2/18313531.jpg]. The writing flowed so smoothly and the world was packaged so neatly that I was absolutely shocked when I reminded myself that this was a debut novel.
TW: Madness, Death, Self-Harm (briefly occurs during madness), Torture (mentioned, not witnessed), Mention of Suicide Attempt
Thea's story was one of a young woman trying to find her place in this world with her talents and knowledge being her own, not being manipulated or used for others benefits. She starts off being encouraged to be scholarly and pushed to her potential, as long as the potential doesn't outshine that of her mothers. This seems to be a common theme throughout the book, she can be good - but ultimately someone else wants to reap the rewards of her efforts.
It is evident that the author has done a lot of research into the philosophers stone and alchemy as a whole, due to the amount of knowledge imparted by Thea throughout the novel which is seen as an "obviously, why would you not know this".
"He's not a bad man, Thea ... You saw him at his worst" "What better time is there to know a man than at his worst?"
I don't want to delve too much into the other characters of this novel, as I don't want to inadvertently spoil anything, as the character development is an important plot progression and you want the full experience of discovering things at the same time that Thea does. I will say, that I was pleasantly surprised by two characters and disappointed in two more.
If Cohoe's debut is indicative of their future works, I will be an avid reader as I'm looking forward to seeing what other worlds I am taken to.
Thank you to NetGalley & Wednesday Books for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
A Golden Fury was an enthralling debut by [a:Samantha Cohoe|18313531|Samantha Cohoe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1536025611p2/18313531.jpg]. The writing flowed so smoothly and the world was packaged so neatly that I was absolutely shocked when I reminded myself that this was a debut novel.
TW: Madness, Death, Self-Harm (briefly occurs during madness), Torture (mentioned, not witnessed), Mention of Suicide Attempt
Thea's story was one of a young woman trying to find her place in this world with her talents and knowledge being her own, not being manipulated or used for others benefits. She starts off being encouraged to be scholarly and pushed to her potential, as long as the potential doesn't outshine that of her mothers. This seems to be a common theme throughout the book, she can be good - but ultimately someone else wants to reap the rewards of her efforts.
It is evident that the author has done a lot of research into the philosophers stone and alchemy as a whole, due to the amount of knowledge imparted by Thea throughout the novel which is seen as an "obviously, why would you not know this".
"He's not a bad man, Thea ... You saw him at his worst" "What better time is there to know a man than at his worst?"
I don't want to delve too much into the other characters of this novel, as I don't want to inadvertently spoil anything, as the character development is an important plot progression and you want the full experience of discovering things at the same time that Thea does. I will say, that I was pleasantly surprised by two characters and disappointed in two more.
If Cohoe's debut is indicative of their future works, I will be an avid reader as I'm looking forward to seeing what other worlds I am taken to.
Thank you to NetGalley & Wednesday Books for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.