Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent Book Review

Pub Date	January 7, 2020
Publisher	Self-published/Carissa Broadbent
Page Count	520 pages
Genre	Fantasy, Romance, Adult
Goodreads Star Rating	4.03
My star rating	3.5

Daughter of No Worlds Book Summary

Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent follows Tisaanah, a young slave, as she buys and fights for her freedom and travels to a distant land of magic she’d always dreamed of. There, she goes into apprenticeship with Max, a grumpy, unwilling mentor. Her goal is to get the Orders, who run the magical armies of Ara, to come with her and free all other slaves. As she learns how to control her powers, a war is brewing on the horizon.

Daughter of No Worlds Book Review

I was really craving some romantasy and Daughter of No Worlds kept popping up on my social media. So, what’s a girl to do? I read it, of course.

Foolish, perhaps, considering my track record with fantasy romance, and especially this author. I didn’t hate Serpent and The Wings of Night, but it was so dull and boring that I DNF’d it close to the end. It’s certainly better written than most romantasy nowadays, but the plot and the world were completely uninspired.

The same cannot be said about Daughter of No Worlds, though the end result was the same. Yes, I was bored by the end and it took me a long time to even finish it. I kept picking it up and putting it down with no desire to get back to it.

But I persevered. And in all honesty, the problem might be me, and not the book. Because the individual elements of it were amazing, and many people love it, so it could just be that I was in a reading slump and needed something different.

For me, though, it’s an average, 3-star book. I have nothing outrageously bad to say about it, so this won’t be a scathing review. In fact, my opinions of Daughter of No Worlds are quite positive.

First of all, I was so delighted at the heroine. Tisaanah is everything but your typical “strong female character”, yet she’s probably one of the most realistic heroines I’ve read in a while. She’s smart and makes choices that make sense, she never gets in trouble just because she wants to talk back and be sassy, and she actually grows throughout the book.

Instead of taking on traditionally male characteristics (fight, sleep around, swear) in order to show her strength — like most heroines seem to do — she’s unapologetically feminine and stronger for it.

I also liked the hero, Max. He’s grumpy and broody, but is never mean to Tisannah, and he’s even funny at times.

Their romance develops very slowly, and mostly as a subplot. It takes until about 50% for either of them to even mention any attraction to each other, and they confess their feelings even later in the book. So, if you’re a fan of slow-burns and well-developed romance, this is a great choice for you.

The plot itself is also interesting. For the first half of the book, Daughter of No Worlds feels almost like a cozy fantasy because it’s so slow and nothing much happens. Our main characters chill and practice magic in a beautiful garden and that’s pretty much it. It does speed up later, though.

But despite all of those elements being well-done, my overall impression was meh. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it, it’s just that I found myself bored and looking for other books most of the time. However, I would still highly recommend it to anyone looking for a well-written fantasy romance.

Notes & Highlights

Here are some things you should know about Daughter of No Worlds before you start reading:

Daughter of No Worlds is written from the first point of view, in both Tisannah’s and Max’s perspective. They alternate, but Tisannah’s is more dominant.
This book does feature some sex scenes, but they’re not overly specific. So, you could say Daughter of No Worlds is mildly spicy.
Check the trigger warnings before reading. Some of them include implied sexual assault in the past (not on-page), slavery, physical harm and gore, death of family members, war, and more.
Daughter of No Worlds is a part of a trilogy. All the parts are currently published, so you don’t have to wait for new installments to come out.
I would recommend this series to people older than 16, just because the themes might be too heavy.