I am a huge Witcher fan and have loved the whole series for years now, especially the first 2 books. I really wanted to love Crossroads of Ravens. The author's writing style continues to be excellent, the new character of Preston Holt is super interesting, and Geralt does the most monster hunting he's done in any book yet. I also loved the author continuing to weave in themes of prejudice, racism, and ignorance. However, the stakes just felt too low for this prequel book, like the big events of the series hadn't happened yet so nothing major was allowed to happen in this book. It felt like a series of disjointed side quests, some of them interesting and some not, but all only loosely tied together by the narrative thread. This was a 3.5 star book for me, but it felt like it had a lot more potential and could've been something great if the author had allowed a standalone high-stakes story to build up and take place. Instead, the novel barely had any climax or narrative arc at all. Still, at the end of the day it was more authentic Witcher goodness and it felt nice just to live in that world again for a while. What are your thoughts?
by yoloo42069