Ravenous Mother - A Healer
by J.R. Kendiro
Full Review by B smith
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Okay, listen—Ravenous is not here to hold your hand, and honestly? I love that for it.
This book slides into fantasy with confidence and then dares you to keep up. It’s dark without being try-hard, smart without being smug, and deeply invested in consequences. Real ones.
Khulekani is a standout lead: thoughtful, stubborn, and clearly one bad decision away from everything going sideways. The tension builds slowly, then suddenly you’re hooked and wondering when it got its claws into you.
The prose is clean, with just enough detail to make scenes snap. And there’s a steady, creeping sense of something is wrong that never quite lets you relax, so good!
If you like your fantasy dangerous, and your stories more slow-burn dread than flashy spectacle, Ravenous absolutely delivers. I just want it to be longer!