Immortal Roots by Velvet Davis is a fascinating book because the first half of the book is so slow, and the characters were so flat I almost gave up reading it, but I persevered and guess what? I am glad I did because the characters slowly started developing dimension to them, and they were not just paper dolls playing dress-up. Dassius was my favorite character because he changed the most during the book, and it must have killed him to not be in charge during their entire mission, but that is why I loved him because at least he tried.
As for the title of this post, you might be wondering what I meant by that, but it is quite simple. It is incredible worldbuilding; however, it leaves out a lot of details of how the world came to be. Why are the councils opposed to each other and can never agree to anything? Why do people go into a particular role and stay in that role? How do they get chosen for that role? How did the world get like that? Is the planet supposed to be Earth after some massive catastrophe that hit? Why did they create a program where they have humans that are trained to know every possible scenario? Why are there mystics in this world, and how did they come to be? The divine elemental beings were they human before, or were they always like that? How did they happen to be like that? These are but a few questions I thought of when I read this book, but I am sure when you read this, you will come up with your own. The best part is that the characters are just as clueless as to the readers, yet the readers get the sense that the writer knows every little answer to the questions being posed but forgot that readers are not privy to the writer's mind.
I will love to read the second book if one does come out because the ending did get me curious. Also, I am hoping maybe more things will be explained.
4 out of 5 stars.
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