Book Review: Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
"I think you’re one loop short of a knot, Enna. A little tug, and you’re undone.”
So, tone-wise, this was almost completely different from the first book in the series and it makes sense that it would be. The first book was a spin on the Grimm fairy tale "The Goose Girl", and it read like a fairy tale. This installment read more like high fantasy.
It's the same kingdom, now at war, featuring a heroine that was introduced in the previous book. In fact, the majority of background characters shift to the forefront, so enjoying the first installment almost guaranteed you'd already be invested no matter how the tale went.
The author took the world she'd embellished upon and just ran with it and the result was something just as captivating, but in a different way altogether.
I really enjoyed watching everyone from the first book develop and evolve. Especially our MC, Enna. She was all over the place and she was her own worst enemy sometimes, but it never felt like she was too-stupid-to-live. It was more like hindsight being "20/20." Breakout character had to be Finn; he was so charming and broody.
I'm thrilled to find out where else we're going to go after this. Especially with all that magic that's in the world, now.
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