Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: December 5th, 2023
Pages: 448
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Wednesday Books
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: Sacrifice their love to save the world, or choose love and let it burn?
Six months after saving their island from destruction and almost losing Dante, Alessa is ready to live happily ever after with her former bodyguard. But Dante can’t rest, haunted by a conviction that the gods aren’t finished with them yet. And without his powers, the next kiss from Alessa could kill him.
In This Cursed LightDesperate for answers, Dante enlists Alessa and their friends to find the exiled ghiotte in hopes of restoring his powers and combining forces with them to create the only army powerful enough to save them all. But Alessa is hiding a deadly consequence of their last fight—a growing darkness that’s consuming her mind—and their destination holds more dangers than anyone bargained for. In the mysterious city of the banished, Dante will uncover secrets, lies, and ghosts from his past that force him to ask himself: Which side is he on?
When the gods reveal their final test, Dante and Alessa will be the world’s last defense. But if they are the keys to saving the world, will their love be the price of victory?”
My Review:
I’ve been waiting for this for so long! And I’m so excited to say that it was just as amazing as the first one and everything I could have wanted for the conclusion of this story. 🎉
💖 I love Alessa and Dante and I experienced all the emotions in their turbulent relationship.
The stakes are ever higher in this sequel, with the threat of the end of the world looming. We get to go deeper into the lore of the gods.
⚔️ There’s intense battles and exciting training sequences.
We get new characters to love, as well as all our favorites from the first book.
🗺️ We adventure out into the story world and learn more about its history and peoples.
This was such a fun and emotional ride and so worth the wait. Both of the books in this duology were five-star reads for me.
Unbelievable that this was her debut book series. She is definitely a favorite fantasy author for me and I’ll read anything she writes in the future!
I felt so much joy at the end for them and so much sadness that it was over.
Although it is young adult, it is very much mature enough and full of depth for all of us adult readers to enjoy as well.
I have nothing but good things to say about it. ✍️ I highlighted so many moments in this second book that I just adored and felt so deeply about.
Highly recommend this series, it is so freaking good! Everything about it is so immersive and I enjoyed every moment of my time in this story world.
You have to read this! It deserves all the hype.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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