I need to screen my YA better. I think I’ve been doing better over the last couple of years, but this series slipped in. It’s not bad YA, far from it. But the author’s style is just not for me. Thankfully, this last book was better than the second one. Much more tightly focused and satisfying; it’s just, I constantly felt the way she was writing got in the way of my ability to enjoy her story. About 60% of the way through I started […]
This book has kissing, but also quite a lot of angst
Spoiler warning: This is the third and concluding volume in this series. It’s going to be absolutely impossible for me to review this book without spoiling plot from the first and second book. Therefore, if you are not caught up, please skip this review and go start at the beginning – with The Winner’s Curse. Arin is mustering the Herrani into full-on war with the Valoran empire. Leading the Dacran forces that are going to aid them, is the sarcastic and hideously scarred Prince Roshar. […]