Alessia

Last year i read Raybearer (as it came out in italian) and loved it. So I was very curious and hyped about the sequel.

Redemptor picks up where Raybearer finished. So we're immediately dealing with the consequences of the first book's ending.

I loved Ifueko's wiriting: it's fluent, not boring and allowed me to read the 443 pages of this book so fast, i couldn't believe it was such a large tome.

I still think that the author did an amazin job in creating such a complex, real, world of which she evokes every detail as you keep on reading: you're really immersed in the colors, the perfumes and the sound of this very diverse world inspired by the whole african continent.

I didn't quite enjoy the flat characters: aside from the protagonist, every character (at the beginning of book 1) has their ideology, thoughts and opinions, which never chages, despite the whole world chaging around them and Tarisai's views on what they should do as a governing body. Specifically: they witness terrible scenes (like in the mines for instace or the market one where tarisai gets kidnapped) and not once do they change their mind, or consider that Tarisai is right in worrying about their people. They still keep living in their quarters, unbothered.

Again, they know that Tarisai will have to descend in the underworld, and that she needs to prepare, and even then they find her worries shallow and misplaced,

Basically, while the protagonist is a well rounded character, that chagens, grows and react to what happen around her, the others are stuck in book one.

Even Jeet: he acts only for fear of his beloved's life. Not because he has a sudden epiphany about the righness of Tarisai ideas.

The only other poin that would've made this book better is to dive deeper in some parts that (i guess for avoiding a 600+ pages tome) i felt deserved to be explored further. For example: the ending felt a bit rushed, the prophecies about the Alagbatos destroying everything overlooked (and then the actual way in which this destruction is prevented unknown), the council disappears for the entire book.

Let's say that i think this book would've benefitted from being devided in two: where we deal with the consequence of Raybearer & the Alagbato menace in one, and the whole training / Tarisai hauting / underworld in the other.

After loving the first 2 books of this series I was finally able this to read the third, and last, book: Fate Breaker

Fate Breaker picks up exactly were Blade Breaker left us, so a re-read of at least the final portion of the 2nd book is necessary, just to refresh your memories (if you have read blade breaker some time ago - like I did -).

I feel like this is the slowest book out of the three, that's why I'm giving it 3.5 stars out of 5 (when the privious books were both 5 stars). It was a bit odd to read, as there's a lot of travelling, self-discovery-jurney in this book, which -in my personal opinion- should've been in the middle book, not in a finale, as they drag and slow the narration too much.

Other then that I second my opinion of Aveyard's writing: i love it so very much, again she was able to take a complex, high fantasy, LOTR like book, and write it with such a simple, flowing style that made it so easy and fun to read.

One thing that's evident, at least for me, is that this book wanted to be more adult than it actually is. While reading it I felt at times the struggle Victoria must have felt in keeping the book YA. There were scenes in which you can actually feel the need for more mature content (not spyce necessarily, but in dialogues, during battles, during fights, in certain aspects of some character's relationships).. I'm not saying that we should turn each book into adult, or spicy, or something.. but again, there were scenes in which i felt like Victoria was censoring herself.

This feeling (again, it's my persdonal opinion) is confirmed by the fact that Aveyard is now working on an adult book with another imprint.

Then there's the other aspect that kinds let me down, which specifically is the Temurjon.

We spent the entirety of the book being hyped about this formidable, invincible army, this horde of dothraki-like warriors that are the only hope of the continent... and when they come we don't even get a small description. We get the sound of the horn signalling the charge and stop. No great battle, no nothing. I was so disappointed by this tbh.

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✾ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟐 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

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‎𝖶𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗇𝗈 ?

𝖨 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾.

❈ [𝐴𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡] 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑎𝑛 𝟷, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺. (3/10)

❈ 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝟺 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑦 (2/4)

❈ 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 (7/10)

❈ 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝟸 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 - 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑠 (0/2)

❈ 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦

❈ 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎, 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑠𝘩 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑤𝑛 (29/42+)

❈ 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔

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✖ 𝐷𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒

✧ 𝑂𝑘

✦ 𝐹𝑎𝑣

❝ 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠

❛ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒

❮ 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎 ❯

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✭ 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠

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𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚

✧✭❝ Fate Breaker 🇬🇧

✧→❝Iron Flame 🇬🇧

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

✦→❮ Yona, The Girl Standing in the Blush of Dawn - read volume 1 to 29 ❯ 🇮🇹

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌: Iron Flame.

𝑴𝒂𝒚

✦❛ Quando muori resta a me 🇮🇹

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆

✦✭❝ One Dark Window 🇬🇧

✦✭❝ Two Twisted Crowns 🇬🇧

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

✦→❮ Lullaby of the Dawn, Vol. 4 ❯ 🇮🇹

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌: Two Twisted Crowns

𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚

✦❛ The Sirens 🇮🇹

✧✭❝ Redemptor 🇮🇹

✦→❮ The Apothecary Diaries Manga - read volume 1 to 12 ❯ 🇮🇹

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌: The Sirens

𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕

✧→❝A Study in Drowning 🇮🇹

❛✖Where the Dark Stands Still 🇮🇹

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

✦→❮ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - read volume 1 to 12 ❯ 🇮🇹

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌: A Study in drowning

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌: Frieren

𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓

✧❛ The Sword of Kaigen 🇬🇧

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

𝖬𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗌:

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❖ 𝑂𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦

☐ 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑

☒ 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑

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☐ Somewhere Beyond the Sea

☐ A Dark and Drowning Tide

☐ Fireborne <i>whole series</i>

☐❖ The Toll

☐❖ The Poppy War <i>whole trilogy</i>

☐ The scarlet throne

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