The Blinding Knife

3.5 out of 5 stars

The Blinding Knife is certainly better than the first entry in the Lightbringer series – there's less exposition, stronger pacing, and many of the flaws/edges that bugged me in the first book were smoothed over. Unfortunately, these improvements were not enough to make me fall in love with the series. For me, the storylines oscillated between “can't stop reading” and “disinterested to the point of skimming,” with the latter mode being more prevalent as the book went on. I wanted to read all four books before this year's release of the final book, but I think this is where I will leave the series. I can see why people enjoy it, but it's just not for me.

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