Mairin

My heart is heavy. There was no other way for this to end.

Coming from Dark Age this book was abit of a let down. I loved Dark age, with all its brutality but light bringer was softer. There are so many character moments I loved in this. But for quite a bit of the book it felt as if we were going nowhere.
There were the epic battles, one duel scene I loved but looking back on the book as a whole, the characters were stuck in places. Granted, they needed to be, but I was always waiting for more.
The beginning of Lyria storyline felt dropped, and I wondered why I followed her through it all for it to come to nothing.

I am one of the rare people who love Lysander. I find him interesting and while his story for the most part of this book was meh, by the end I was screaming at him.

The strong points of this book are the villains. I love Atlas. Volga grandad. Incredible characters.

And Cassius. Oh I loved his arc from the first book to now. He's become one of my favourites.

The ending is what is strong in this book. The whole beginning was leading up to this point and I can't wait for the next book.

this was a fun read!

engaging characters, incredible world I want to know more off and the gods– i was laughing on occasions.

the characters all leapt off the page, and I love the disability rep in this. even the characters I didn't particularly like I ended up liking by the end.

the more I think about this book, the more I like it.

it was a straightforward story, one I had fun reading.

I was lucky enough to be gifted this for a review

I like to always give indie books a try and this had a strong premise. However the execution was poor. The writing brushed over a lot of deeper moments between characters, the world felt a bit shallow (nothing they usually bothers me too much) but it was the short scenes that got me. Where there were moments to delve deep into the characters and friendships and motivations they were brushed across. I was told the MC could do this instead of going through the trials with him. It left me wanting. It made it hard for me to suspend my disbelief.

The story idea is strong and I have no doubt that this book has its readers. But for me I like more depth to my books therefore I had to call it quits in this.

If you love the idea of someone going to seek to become a wizard then this is for you

10/10 top series. I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!


The ending felt a bit cheep cause nothing made me cry (all I can really say without spoilers but I had the same issue with priory of the orange tree)

Love the characters. Love Kitai and Tarvi.

I'd live in this world.

What to say about this book. It's beloved but didn't hit for me.

I loved the start (though I wished it would hurry along a tad. Took too many pages to get to the school) and I ADORE the neurodivergent rep in this. The characters leapt from the page but that's where my enjoyed of this ended.

There is a tension that is missing throughout the narrative if this book. A threat of the MC loosing her dragon if she fails and yet it's mentioned once with no tension after or fear. Things happened in this book but they failed to connect in a cohesive plot. Little to no character development. It was boring.


I wanted more from the book. More exploration on the school and frankly more dragons. For a dragon book there is very little dragons in it.

Seeing the life native Americans lived through the lense of the MC was a lovely insight. I enjoyed the culture and their ways immensely.

It's a shame this book failed for me I started off loving it.