Because a title with dark and ash means serious business.
Song Vibe Check:
"Maniac" By: Stray Kids
"Paranoia" By: Heartsteel
"See You again" By: Years and Years
NOTE:Thanks to TBRandbeyond tours for the chance to do a book tour and for the publisher for the physical ARC! There are light spoilers from Book 1, so please don't read further if you haven't read Song of Silver, Flame like Night!
It's fitting that I start my new year feed with Amelie Wen Zhao who exactly around this time of year, had me on a chokehold with her Chinese fantasy novel featuring Lan and Zen who truly stole my breath. Now, a year later, I finally get to know how it all ends.
And frankly.... what did we do to Amelie Wen Zhao for the emotional rollercoaster she sent us through?
When we last left off, Lan and Zen are now on opposite sides of the war, with two different powers inside of them, both as powerful and as soul-sucking as they ACTUALLY are with a battle against the Elation government for justice. We get to revisit some of our cool side characters with new characters and the forbidden love story between Lan and Zen blossoms into something devastatingly beautiful that by the end, my heart definitely hurt, but there was this sign of hopefulness because all works out... somewhat.
Tears were shed. I may never forgive the author for what happened, but I still enjoyed the bittersweet ride she created and it's a series I will inevitably come back to because of how beautiful and magical it is.
Overall: 4/5 stars
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