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A review by kellyjmac
A Vanishing of Griffins by S.A. Patrick
5.0
I was provided an early copy of this book from Netgalley but this review is all my own.
I enjoyed the first book in this series, A Darkening of Dragons, but I enjoyed the sequel even more. I found myself sneaking off to keep reading as the action was full on throughout. I loved that the book included a recap from the last book and think all series should have these since sometimes it’s been awhile since you’ve read the last.
The story picks up right where the last ended and we quickly find out what happened to Erner and get right to saving him. The story weaves through different side quests I guess you could call them by travelling to different locations where you meet all kinds of interesting characters but it all centres around the plans of the Hamelyn Piper to use obsidiac to control and rule the world. While there is a lot of hopping around, I felt like it was really well done and the entire world became more developed from the first book.
There’s magic, mysteries, secret passages, shape-shifting, griffins, dragons and battles. It feels so full you have no clue how it will be wrapped up by the end and yet it is and then again isn’t as you are left with a cliffhanger into the next book in the Songs of Magic series, A Thundering of Monsters! I am definitely attached to Patch, Wren and Barven especially the friendship and bond they have quickly formed. I desperately want to know how it will all work out from the precarious situations they have found themselves in. I’m glad to have found this series, credit to the cover artist, George Ermos, for pulling me in when I spotted the first book online.
I enjoyed the first book in this series, A Darkening of Dragons, but I enjoyed the sequel even more. I found myself sneaking off to keep reading as the action was full on throughout. I loved that the book included a recap from the last book and think all series should have these since sometimes it’s been awhile since you’ve read the last.
The story picks up right where the last ended and we quickly find out what happened to Erner and get right to saving him. The story weaves through different side quests I guess you could call them by travelling to different locations where you meet all kinds of interesting characters but it all centres around the plans of the Hamelyn Piper to use obsidiac to control and rule the world. While there is a lot of hopping around, I felt like it was really well done and the entire world became more developed from the first book.
There’s magic, mysteries, secret passages, shape-shifting, griffins, dragons and battles. It feels so full you have no clue how it will be wrapped up by the end and yet it is and then again isn’t as you are left with a cliffhanger into the next book in the Songs of Magic series, A Thundering of Monsters! I am definitely attached to Patch, Wren and Barven especially the friendship and bond they have quickly formed. I desperately want to know how it will all work out from the precarious situations they have found themselves in. I’m glad to have found this series, credit to the cover artist, George Ermos, for pulling me in when I spotted the first book online.