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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
So good!!!! I need book 4 now. Waiting a year is going to be difficult.
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My favorite book in the series, which I am rereading now.
This book still holds up. It’s my favorite in the series for many reasons.
First of all, Stormcaster gives the reader some answers to some questions. We finally learn some of the truth to the most mysterious characters: Destin Karn, Evan Strangward, and the empress Celestine. We learn a bit more about the mysterious magemarked. It gives enough answers yet leaves you with enough questions to leave you anticipating the next book.
There’s also a lot of political machinations going on in this book. Secrets are being kept and revealed, rebellions are rising, and the ultimate uniting threat to our scattered main characters is emerging. The unlikely alliances between various main characters are expanding throughout this book.
The romance featured in the beginning of Stormcaster is also my favorite of the various couples that show up in the series. Not to spoil anything, but it gives insight to certain parts of Flamecaster as well as just being a well written romance. It means that the book starts off a bit slow, but it’s necessary and pays off in how it builds the characters involved.
My favorite character in the series is Destin Karn, and he really begins to shine in this book. I fell in love with his character here. He is truly one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. His newly revealed motivations are part of what makes this book my favorite of the series.
part of what makes this book so special to me is it’s gay characters and the beginning 1/4 of the book focusing on them. Especially when I first read Stormcaster, I really held onto the representation of an interesting and compelling gay romance. Destin Karn is incredibly relatable to me in many ways, one of those is through his queerness. I read Stormcaster in middle school, and it was some of the first gay representation I ever got my hands on, so I will always hold a special place in my heart for it because of that. Destin and Evan are given room to be complex yet still have a very sweet and heartfelt romance together, one that means a lot to me.
This book still holds up. It’s my favorite in the series for many reasons.
First of all, Stormcaster gives the reader some answers to some questions. We finally learn some of the truth to the most mysterious characters: Destin Karn, Evan Strangward, and the empress Celestine. We learn a bit more about the mysterious magemarked. It gives enough answers yet leaves you with enough questions to leave you anticipating the next book.
There’s also a lot of political machinations going on in this book. Secrets are being kept and revealed, rebellions are rising, and the ultimate uniting threat to our scattered main characters is emerging. The unlikely alliances between various main characters are expanding throughout this book.
The romance featured in the beginning of Stormcaster is also my favorite of the various couples that show up in the series. Not to spoil anything, but it gives insight to certain parts of Flamecaster as well as just being a well written romance. It means that the book starts off a bit slow, but it’s necessary and pays off in how it builds the characters involved.
My favorite character in the series is Destin Karn, and he really begins to shine in this book. I fell in love with his character here. He is truly one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. His newly revealed motivations are part of what makes this book my favorite of the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death
Moderate: Physical abuse
Minor: Homophobia
wow so these are really fun to read the next one is going to be so good with all the characters coming together
4.5
Por fin ya se unieron los personajes de los 2 libros anteriores, una fantasía juvenil que me atrapó como si fuera adulta.
Por fin ya se unieron los personajes de los 2 libros anteriores, una fantasía juvenil que me atrapó como si fuera adulta.
I would have given this 3 stars but Destin and Evan singlehandedly moved it up to 4. A little messy, a little too much going on without enough building action, but CWC's characters are always so interesting and pull on your heartstrings in just the right ways that it's worth sticking around. Looking forward to see how everything falls together (or apart) in the final book of the series!
This switches up perspectives yet again to Destin Karn (what a name!) and the stormmage Evan.
This sees them forming an alliance to sail the high seas.
He wanted to tell Evan Strang-ward that the last thing he should do is trust Destin Karn.
It will get you killed, Pirate. It will break your heart.
This had the sweetest LGBTQ relationship, with both unsure and tentative of their feelings. This is emphasised by their lack of experience and young age. This is always refreshing to see, as it isn’t always seasoned young adults who suddenly have to uncover their identity, normally it occurs when we are much younger and unsure.
”Killing is always personal, Evan said, looking the handsome soldier in the eye. "It's the second-most-intimate thing that can happen between two people."
Then, we jump a few years ahead and all of our characters from previous books start to reappear and interacting with each other. Most importantly, Adrian, the lost Prince, returns home.
More is revealed about Empress Celestine’s interest in the Mage marked, speaking of a wider, bloodier, and more brutal war.
“You carry Nazari blood- -the heartsblood of the empire. You have a magical heritage that goes back centuries.”
One gripe with this series - I hate that it feels like every character has to be paired up romantically. Surprisingly, not everyone is immediately drawn to their sworn enemy.