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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
4.25🌟
Still really enjoying this series. The pacing is well done and I continue to be more and more invested in the characters. The mental health rep is also well done.
Still really enjoying this series. The pacing is well done and I continue to be more and more invested in the characters. The mental health rep is also well done.
Found myself getting bored. More of an effort to read
A fight between Elander and the Rook God is how we start the third book to this incredible series of books. A wicked and very bloody dual between two very powerful beings. Andrea what saves him you ask? Well the one only artifact that has followed us like a Flat Stanley on this merciless journey: the Heart of the Sun.
We then get separated and are reunited with Casia only to realize that she is indeed stuck with Caden who ends up being a source of protection for her until Elander can find himself back to her. It was interesting knowing that both him and Elander were connected through their link of magic so they could tell if one another were alive or not.
We finally get to meet the infamous Moon Goddess who heals Zev in the mortal realm of of Yosu. As if that wasn’t surprise enough with also meet Moto: the Middle-God of Fire and Forging, who just so happens to be an enemy. A brief battle breaks out among the gods to which Casia and the rest of the crew are sent away to not interfere with.
Elander teaming up with Nephele in order to save Casia and to make an alliance of armies to bring to her was not on my bingo card for this book at all given the I relationship but I thought it was intriguing.
What I also really enjoyed was how much this book reminded me of the Lord of the Rings. A big portion of this book takes place in the kingdom of Moreth which is the Elven realm. What I really enjoy about these books is it has kind of given me a break from the ordinary Fae that I have become accustomed to reading about anymore. It’s been so long since I’ve read the words Elves in a story. And their stay in Moreth gives off such strong Lord of the Rings vibes and I lived vicariously through it the entire time. I could just picture the scenery and how beautiful the landscape had to of been.
Not only do these characters venture not to there but we learn that Laurent is the brother to one of the elves: Alder Briarfell, the son of the befallen King Theren. So much takes place during their visit and it all leads up to big kill to which ends up being someone disguised as Laurent ending the life of Alder. Lady Sarith— his wife, being behind all of the setup was even crazier! Everything always ends up being a full-circle moment when it all leads back to good ol’ Varen; the power hungry monster.
Though, there was a magnificent ball that took place a little before. I adored the moment in the garden when Elander told Casia to dance with him to take her mind off of everything. That’s another thing I really like about S.M Gaither as an author, she doesn’t shy away from talking about the me talk illness concerning panic attacks. Casia is very open about it with herself and Elander and it’s vividly shown within these books. She struggles with not only with having to fight battles in order to collect her status as queen but also within her mind. It becomes her own constant battle that she has to shovel down in order to stay focused and it is just written in such a realistic way and it hits home on a personal level as someone like myself who had panic attacks as well very often.
It really shows during the end of the book when Casia, Elander, and the rest of their crew are blatantly lied to and betrayed— once again, when they come face to face with Varen. Casia and Elander share a very special night all for her to wake up knowing she’s on a brink of a panic attack to which Elander helps her and calms her through it, knowing that at the end of the day they’d be side-by-side like they planned… for now.
I’ve read enough Sarah J. Maas books to sense a fake death when is see one. It still hurt knowing that Elander “died” but I think it hurt even worse when Casia was on the brink of failing and had been shot down and basically fooled into believing Solatis would help them fix literally everything. It all coming down to the heart of the sun was beautiful and the conversation between Casia and the Sun Goddess was so very complex. It makes me wonder if now that Elander is back and alive if he will now serve her once more since he was and still is a soldier— of the Vitala. And our very own Casia Greythorne is on her way to claim the now vacant throne— her throne, to become Queen.
I am so ecstatic to start the fourth book and cannot wait to see how everything changes once Casia sits on that said throne. My expectations were exceeded once more with this book and I couldn’t put it down for a second. From the terror I felt when Lady Sarith had Casia acting as her own apparent slave to Casia feeling as if she were draining Elander every time they were together, to fearing that at any given moment, Laurent, Zev, Rhea, or Nessa could die, oh and add Silverfoot into that notion as well. The Call of the Void had me begging for more and more and I know I’ll be doing just the same with the next.
We then get separated and are reunited with Casia only to realize that she is indeed stuck with Caden who ends up being a source of protection for her until Elander can find himself back to her. It was interesting knowing that both him and Elander were connected through their link of magic so they could tell if one another were alive or not.
We finally get to meet the infamous Moon Goddess who heals Zev in the mortal realm of of Yosu. As if that wasn’t surprise enough with also meet Moto: the Middle-God of Fire and Forging, who just so happens to be an enemy. A brief battle breaks out among the gods to which Casia and the rest of the crew are sent away to not interfere with.
Elander teaming up with Nephele in order to save Casia and to make an alliance of armies to bring to her was not on my bingo card for this book at all given the I relationship but I thought it was intriguing.
What I also really enjoyed was how much this book reminded me of the Lord of the Rings. A big portion of this book takes place in the kingdom of Moreth which is the Elven realm. What I really enjoy about these books is it has kind of given me a break from the ordinary Fae that I have become accustomed to reading about anymore. It’s been so long since I’ve read the words Elves in a story. And their stay in Moreth gives off such strong Lord of the Rings vibes and I lived vicariously through it the entire time. I could just picture the scenery and how beautiful the landscape had to of been.
Not only do these characters venture not to there but we learn that Laurent is the brother to one of the elves: Alder Briarfell, the son of the befallen King Theren. So much takes place during their visit and it all leads up to big kill to which ends up being someone disguised as Laurent ending the life of Alder. Lady Sarith— his wife, being behind all of the setup was even crazier! Everything always ends up being a full-circle moment when it all leads back to good ol’ Varen; the power hungry monster.
Though, there was a magnificent ball that took place a little before. I adored the moment in the garden when Elander told Casia to dance with him to take her mind off of everything. That’s another thing I really like about S.M Gaither as an author, she doesn’t shy away from talking about the me talk illness concerning panic attacks. Casia is very open about it with herself and Elander and it’s vividly shown within these books. She struggles with not only with having to fight battles in order to collect her status as queen but also within her mind. It becomes her own constant battle that she has to shovel down in order to stay focused and it is just written in such a realistic way and it hits home on a personal level as someone like myself who had panic attacks as well very often.
It really shows during the end of the book when Casia, Elander, and the rest of their crew are blatantly lied to and betrayed— once again, when they come face to face with Varen. Casia and Elander share a very special night all for her to wake up knowing she’s on a brink of a panic attack to which Elander helps her and calms her through it, knowing that at the end of the day they’d be side-by-side like they planned… for now.
I’ve read enough Sarah J. Maas books to sense a fake death when is see one. It still hurt knowing that Elander “died” but I think it hurt even worse when Casia was on the brink of failing and had been shot down and basically fooled into believing Solatis would help them fix literally everything. It all coming down to the heart of the sun was beautiful and the conversation between Casia and the Sun Goddess was so very complex. It makes me wonder if now that Elander is back and alive if he will now serve her once more since he was and still is a soldier— of the Vitala. And our very own Casia Greythorne is on her way to claim the now vacant throne— her throne, to become Queen.
I am so ecstatic to start the fourth book and cannot wait to see how everything changes once Casia sits on that said throne. My expectations were exceeded once more with this book and I couldn’t put it down for a second. From the terror I felt when Lady Sarith had Casia acting as her own apparent slave to Casia feeling as if she were draining Elander every time they were together, to fearing that at any given moment, Laurent, Zev, Rhea, or Nessa could die, oh and add Silverfoot into that notion as well. The Call of the Void had me begging for more and more and I know I’ll be doing just the same with the next.
This could've been so much more. The introduction of the Fae could've been such a bigger aspect of this story but it just fell flat as another weird personal trial for our main character who has had to repeat her need for hope since book one. It's slowly becoming tedious how much is going wrong personally for the fmc, I think a good way of overcoming this would've been to introduce a couple more voices into these books. When having a longer series like this one is (five books in total) in order to keep the story fresh and also to show what is going on when the story is lulling with our fmc. Gaither had the perfect opportunity with this, they had a group of friends that have followed our fmc since book that are often in other places doing other things that oftentimes become practical points in the story. As well as this, it would help to flesh out these characters more, there's interesting aspects of this ragtag group but because our entire viewpoint is from the fmc we don't see or hear much about them a lot of the time.
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
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:
Complicated
What the eff happened here man..
These turns of events are gonna break my brain xD
Still enjoyed it although I must say this book was probably my least favorite until now?
These turns of events are gonna break my brain xD
Still enjoyed it although I must say this book was probably my least favorite until now?
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Them last 200 pages yeah not satisfying but off putting