Born of Wind

Born of Wind is a young adult high fantasy that made me imagine a world where Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Avatar: The Way of Water. A "Clash of Avatars", if you will.

The plot is exciting and always keeps you guessing as you follow Meleena on her journey across a new land during her apprenticeship to becoming a council member for her water race; the Meruyans. I really enjoyed the world-building and loved the unique spin on steampunk-type inventions, but powered by the wind abilities of the Warix. The world is just beautifully thought out and depicted through Meleena's love of nature and Flax's apprenticeship with a Warix tinker.

My reason for rating 4 stars is because the story jumped around a lot and I often found myself lost in the timeline of the story. When the points of view switch, sometimes the characters backtracked to when they left the previous scene, so it wasn't abnormal to see the same scene twice from two different points of view, which was just a little disorienting. I caught on quickly, but the few times it happened (it wasn't often), I was jolted out of the story trying to understand where I was in the sequence of events.

This book is focused primarily on legends, tribal cultures, and world-building, so I would've liked to better connect to the characters; but as it is, I loved Flax's story the most and really enjoyed his whole character arc.

Overall, if you enjoy slower-paced fantasy with heavy world-building and a twisty plot, Born of Wind might be the book for you!

Content disclaimers: Usual curse words are substituted for book-unique words. There is some action/gore, but it's very mildly depicted. There is some romance, and sexual content is alluded to, however, it's all closed door and there is nothing shown on page.

I received this book from the author. All comments and opinions are entirely my own and this review is voluntary.