The Soulmatcher by Francis J Shaw is a story narrated by the one and only soulmachter Althea the story changes timelines many times as well as having a lot of characters and IDK what kind of entity the soulmatcher is she tends to ask a lot of philosophical questions as the story jumps from England to Germany back to England. I think the story would’ve been much better had not been so many soul seeking questions and time jumps but altogether it was an interesting quick read, but for the most part I did enjoy. #NetGalley, #FrancisJShaw, #TheSoulMatcher,#BooksGoSocial,

I really feel stuck trying to figure out how to give a review on this Novella.
It is well written, and despite the time bouncing backwards and forwards, the plot flows well. It’s not hard to follow despite the narrator calling it out as if it is.
The characters are interesting, albeit, two dimensional at best due to the length of the novel. You really don’t get to understand their inner workings or motivations. You feel like you’re watching them on a screen and not sinking into the world.

My main issue is that of the narrator, Thea. She is painfully preachy and more likely to have you rolling your eyes than nodding along. Even though it is a female character, it is very obviously written by a man who loves philosophy. Women just don’t talk the way the narrator talks.
All the jokes about how the famous philosophers are men because women already knew it all hit home in this book.

I honestly feel like if you got rid of the entire narrator, the book would be stronger. You read fantasy to escape not to be preached at.
Fantasy is full of lessons that don’t need to be stated outright as they are here.