Light Bringer by Pierce Brown

The next thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling Red Rising series.

Once again my heart was jerked from one side to the other in this epic space opera. I wept, I felt hopeful, angry, relieved. This saga has yet to disappoint me and I can't wait for book 7.

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.

A much better book than the previous one. I thought this was the last one, and then getting to the last hundred or so pages I was like "oh no this is not close to finished".

I'll read the last one.

Excellent book that I feel is the best in the series so far, though that may be recency bias. Pierce Brown ramps the pacing back up to Golden Son level along with much needed “breathing time” to get more character interactions as well. I'm kind of sad I finished and need to wait for Red God now. Might be a good excuse for another re-read of the series before the last book comes out though.