Black Feathers (The Black Dawn, Vol 1)

Black Feathers (The Black Dawn, Vol 1)
By: Joseph D’Lacey
Genre: Fantasy


Publishers Summary:

Black Feathers is a modern fantasy set in two epochs: the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse, and generations into the future in its aftermath, the Bright Day.

In each era, a child undertakes a perilous journey to find a dark messiah known as The Crowman. In their hands lies the fate of the planet as they attempt to discover whether The Crowman is our saviour… or the final incarnation of evil.


My Review:
This book was given to me by publishers in exchange for an honest review, and with that much said, that is what I will do.

“When the final days come, it was said that Satan walked the Earth in the guise of a crow. Those who feared him called him Scarecrow or sometimes Black Jack. I know him as the Crowman.”

Post-apocalyptic books never really catch my attention as they don”t interest me. Mind you I will give them a try if the summary alone can pull me in. Needless to say this one did, but beyond that I’m sorry to say it fell flat for me. While yes, the plot was interesting as the two stories are connected by the Crowman, a distant and mysterious individual (who would certainly set me on edge if I ever came across him)and though D’Lacey’s character development was great as you got to watch the characters grow into their own, but this book just didn’t do it for me.

I’m the type of reader that likes to get invested in the main characters, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it as the book was divided, as I mentioned, into two different perspectives. I’m not saying that I haven’t read books of this nature, for I have, but that doesn’t mean I enjoyed jumping from one perspective to another. It reminded me of reading Paolini, where I’d get involved with Eragons story only to be tossed into his cousins, despite them being linked, then only to become invested in that storyline to be tossed back into Eragons. This was how I felt reading this book I’m afraid.

While this isn’t a series I’ll be continuing, I did enjoy it, especially the bits of the Crowman!