Stars: 4 for fighting and sacrificing fantasy
My Thoughts:
I posted about the first book over a year ago. I realize that sequels happen this way, but when I picked this book up, I did not have to reread my post or at least look at a summary on a book site. In other words, these two characters, Lan and Zen, made an impression. I remembered that things were complicated at the end of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night as well as the fact that whatever "fromance" happened in book 1 was no longer on the table. Jumping into the chaos of this book was seamless because the characters are memorable and their quest is real. I feel like this idea of colonization, even in a fromance, cannot happen in one book. It needs at least a duology to really get to the root of the colonization, which in this case is about power.
The battles are large, the demons are powerful. Will the heroes lose their souls to the demons? Is there a world where Lan and Zen can ever be together? Read on.
Side note: "fromance" - meaning fantasy plus romance is a term given to me by one of my teaching alums. He basically used it as a bad word, probably as I was giving him a new "fromance" book. He misses the guts, war, battles of fantasy, LOTR style without the mushy stuff.
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