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Furysong by Rosaria Munda

4 reviews

kelsie_reads_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Murder, and Torture

katrinarose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

What a stunning conclusion to a brilliant trilogy. This is truly one of the best YA fantasy series out there, even if you’re not a YA fan I highly recommend giving it a try. 

Reading the author’s bio and seeing she studied political theory explained her genius political plot lines and twists. It was done with such nuance, complexity, and thought that it felt like something that could happen in the real world (if there were dragons in the real world of course). She doesn’t rely on deus ex machina or any other annoying devices to propel the plot forward, plans don’t ever go 100% the way they were planned, and it makes it all the more believable.

Intelligence of the plot aside, this book made me so emotional, I actually cried (which never happens to me with fantasy). I love the bit of romance we get in this book also, it didn’t overtake the plot but it perfectly rounded it out. The character development remains unmatched, and while the author does not shy away from brutality, it’s never done in a way that doesn’t make sense for the character committing the brutal acts. She also doesn’t draw out goriness just for the sake of it. My only complaint is that I don’t feel like Delo’s POV added a lot but it’s very minor in the scope of the book.

I couldn’t put this book down and the ending didn’t disappoint. Honestly I don’t think I’ll be able to read any YA fantasy for a while after this, nothing will compare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement

Minor: Torture, Child death, Sexual content, Excrement, Death of parent, and Incest

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-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

4.25

A solid ending to this trilogy, but I still want MORE :(

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Vomit, War, Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

zoeelizabethk's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

The Aurelian Cycle was so good! Furysong was a really great ending to the series and had so much to love. Annie has my heart particularly and Rosaria Munda delivered some gut wrenching emotions during this book. The use of literature and poetry and the weaving of (even small) events from the previous books was well done. I do wish we could have dug into the affect of putting children through what this book puts them through. It wasn't glossed over by any means but I think I would have liked a bit more. I also think that - for me - I preferred the pacing and themes in Flamefall just a little bit more. That book had me in so many tears and feelings and it was hard to read but so good. Your mileage may vary, but regardless this is a really well written series. I will definitely be getting physical copies for my shelves and rereading in the future, and I highly recommend.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Christian Coulson, Candice Moll, Aidan Kelly, Anthony Mark Barrow, and Steve West. The audiobook is excellent! I personally had trouble understanding Delo's character narrated by Anthony Mark Barrow, but it might have had something to do with my speed settings. Candice Moll is particularly excellent!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, and War

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Child death, Outing, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Sexism, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping