Song of Silver, Flame of Night Book Review

Because books with dragon covers are still cool.

Song Vibe Check:

1. "Paradise" By: Eric Nam

2. "U" By: Millenium Parade, Belle

3. "A girl like you" By: Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker

When I was younger, I went through an interesting phase of being obsessed with mythology. Greek. Roman. Egyptian. Chinese. Indian. The list could go on, but my top three favorites in mythology was Greek, Egyptian and Chinese mythology. All three knew how to capture my attention and exploring a bit of Chinese mythology inspired tales had been a fun foray into widening my literature scopes.

But the years passed by and these stories either weren't as popular anymore or they got lost in the types of books out there and when I got approved an eARC of this one, I was definitely overjoyed to dive in. The reader's note sold me on this being a good book.

I was not wrong.

Short Summary: A girl who could bring a nation to its knees with a hidden mark teams up with a runaway magician with plans to overthrow an empire to an adventure that fate has tied them together for.

Long Summary:In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killed her mother, and outlawed her people’s magic. She spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the conquerors, and her days scavenging for what she can find of the past. Anything to understand the strange mark burned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died. The mark is mysterious—an untranslatable Hin character—and no one but Lan can see it. Until the night a boy appears at her teahouse and saves her life.

Zen is a practitioner—one of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. Their magic was rumored to have been drawn from the demons they communed with. Magic believed to be long lost. Now it must be hidden from the Elantians at all costs. When Zen comes across Lan, he recognizes what she is: a practitioner with a powerful ability hidden in the mark on her arm. He’s never seen anything like it—but he knows that if there are answers, they lie deep in the pine forests and misty mountains of the Last Kingdom, with an order of practitioning masters planning to overthrow the Elantian regime. Fate has connected them, but their destiny remains unwritten. Both hold the power to liberate their land. And both hold the power to destroy the world.

Now the battle for the Last Kingdom begins.

This book is out now and it's a great way to start 2023, so get your copy now!

Overall: 5/5 stars