I just finished To Drown Among the Stars by L.K. Frost. It was a really good palate cleanser after A Ballad for the Broken. It was a nice quick read at under 300 pages. The main character is male. Bastian has failed his trail to become a knight. He's been training all his life to become a knight. He takes some time to get his head right. He decides to take leave and travel alone by foot back to the Capitol city. On his journey he encounters a ransacked fishing village and a deaf Yvri healer named Ulla. He also discovers that something larger is afoot. Ulla travels with him and they quickly form a bond. Bastian, because of his failure, deals with feelings of inadequacy and thinks he isn't good enough for her. He spends most of the book denying whats right in front of him. Truth be told, I think that dragged on a bit much, but there is also some racism going on between the multiple species types in the book. A human and Yvri together is a bit taboo still and accepting the bond would mean Ulla would have to give up her people. She is fiercely independent and spunky. She has already isolated herself from her people because they are overbearing and judgemental. She also doesn't care that Bastian has failed his knighthood. She sees hes a good person who doesn't need a title to make that true. She pretty much tells him to suck it up and stop moping about. It takes him a bit to realize that himself. That would be my only criticism of the book. It takes Bastian too long to see what's right in front of him. This was a quick, fun, slow burn, no spice read. It's the Prequel to what is supposed to be a larger farther encompassing series. I enjoyed the world and the characters and look forward to reading more.
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