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The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

6 reviews

abelh's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Slavery

remimicha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Body horror, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Vomit

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual violence, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Sexual content, Bullying, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Self harm, Slavery, Cursing, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Excrement, and Gun violence

foxgloveinspace's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

littlesmaug's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

 Upon reread... this is still a five star book. Always has been, always will be. After reading my publisher-provided ARC of The Hourglass Throne, I knew I needed to do a reread of the first two books.

To celebrate four months until the release of THT, I have posted a full review of The Last Sun! It can be found here: https://littlesmaug.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/review-the-last-sun-by-k-d-edwards-reread/

AN EXCERPT:

Throughout my reread of this book, I found myself delighted often by the familiarity of the world. I think something important about the series as a whole is that it takes pieces of history and incorporates it in the magical mythology of the world Edwards creates. There are moments that are almost history lessons and we see how the fantastical Atlantis could have influenced them. The books incorporate familiar mythology as well.

Rereading the book reminded me of the exact moments I fell in love with each character. Rune’s love of coffee. Brand’s incessant snark. Addam’s gentle compassion. Quinn’s instant love of our protagonist. Max’s softness. The Tower’s dad vibes. I could go on and on.

All-in-all, The Last Sun remains one of my favorite books of all time. I would recommend it to anyone interested in modern/urban fantasy. This series is full of political intrigue, a highly unique magical system (with nods to D&D), mystical realism, and highly developed characters. If you’re looking for a series with the following representation, this one is for you: nonbinary representation (later books/side content), queer-accepting society, a MLM main romance, found family, asexual representation, polyamory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

booksthatburn's review

THE LAST SUN was all wrong for me. I like witty banter and political machinations, but it felt like the interactions were constantly being explained. I made it halfway through and never felt like the protagonists were actually in any danger. There’s a tragic backstory that’s just hinted at so far, and a bodyguarding mission where they’ve just left their charge at home while they take care of other plot stuff. For all Rune talks about his lack of power, it hasn’t actually inconvenienced him or kept him from getting something done. When the seer told him to take a set of actions, he followed the advice and then everything was fine.

The tension doesn’t feel tense and I don’t like the characters enough to care whether they succeed. It’s a shame because I loved the initial problem that Mathias presents, I just wish the story was doing more with him.

It definitely doesn’t help that a bunch of the worldbuilding is themed around the Tarot, a topic with which I’m only passably familiar. If you’d like a fast-paced fantasy story with magic and guns in New Atlantis that’s themed around Tarot, give this a try. It’s just not my thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Bullying, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Drug use, Vomit, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Death of parent