TiffyBelle@bookwyrm.social reviewed Light Singer by Audrey Grey
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5 stars
If you've been enjoying the Kingdom of Runes series up to this point, book 4 in the series isn't going to disappoint. It gives us precisely what we've all been wanting and what has been building up over the course of the previous installments, and so much more!
Kingdom of Runes just keeps getting better with each book, taking us deeper and deeper into the characters' backstories, expanding the world and showing us the development of the relationships between characters along the way. Light Singer was easily yet another five star installment, with the delightful promise of an epic crescendo that should come with the fifth book: Dark Bringer.
Back to Light Singer though, and we finally get an installment that's almost entirely dedicated to exploring the relationship between Haven and Stolas, featuring all of the Stolas we've been craving for in the past books. You'll get plenty of pay-off …
If you've been enjoying the Kingdom of Runes series up to this point, book 4 in the series isn't going to disappoint. It gives us precisely what we've all been wanting and what has been building up over the course of the previous installments, and so much more!
Kingdom of Runes just keeps getting better with each book, taking us deeper and deeper into the characters' backstories, expanding the world and showing us the development of the relationships between characters along the way. Light Singer was easily yet another five star installment, with the delightful promise of an epic crescendo that should come with the fifth book: Dark Bringer.
Back to Light Singer though, and we finally get an installment that's almost entirely dedicated to exploring the relationship between Haven and Stolas, featuring all of the Stolas we've been craving for in the past books. You'll get plenty of pay-off from Light Singer if you've been rooting for the Goddess-Born and Shade Lord this whole time, and the romance doesn't disappoint.
That focus on their relationship is underpinned by the very solid main storyline, which is of course Archeron's betrayal and the ever-looming threat of the Shadeling. We get to see plenty of political jockeying, as Haven and the freshly re-established Shadoria seek to consolidate alliances for the battles they know are to come.
This book and series has all of the perfect components for an epic fantasy tale, and the exciting part is there's still the grand finale yet to come, which this book sets us up for nicely.
If there is one thing I would criticize about this book, though, it's probably the fact it is a tad lean on main story progression. A lot of the build up and set up certainly make things more intriguing, but in terms of how far we actually moved it wasn't all that much from where we left off in book three. Still, we got plenty of progression between Haven and Stolas and that certainly wasn't a bad thing and well worth dedicating a whole book to!
The book ends on a nasty little cliffhanger with some things left unresolved from within the book. Grey seems to like this style, but personally I feel we could have got a little ways further by the ending. We're all already well hooked on the series by now; I'm not sure cliffhangers are necessary at this point to get us to read the final installment!
It goes without saying that I am thoroughly looking forward to the conclusion of this series and cannot wait until it comes out! This series has solidified Audrey Grey as one of my favorite fantasy authors, and seeing her writing improve along with the series and her own style emerging from the shadows of the authors she personally has been inspired by has given me great pleasure as a reader too!