It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book and been so angry at a character that I want to throw the book across the room… well, ok the last time was probably when I read Dark Age… Light Bringer is just one of those book that demands verbal (more than a few curse words) and physical reactions (lots of pacing!). Whenever I think Pierce Brown cannot break my heart more, he does. I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I hope for improvement but if Lightbringer is long and wanky like Dark Age I can at least pretend that only the original trilogy existed. Pierce better redeem himself from the gore fest and torture porn wank festival that was Dark Age, and the fact that there are now TWO more books in this series and it’s taking forever for them to get published is PROOF that the man fucked things up plot wise so badly in Dark Age that he needs extra time to redeem his nonsense. Some thoughts after I read Dark Age and hated it despite loving the first four books of the series:ġ) We better get a solid resolution to that baby Jackal bullshit Pierce pulled out of his ass in Dark Age.Ģ) Mustang better rule over all these hoes by the end of the series.ģ) Hopefully the Rim will actually be important to the plot in this book.Ĥ) Volsung Fa needs to die a painful death.ĥ) How the hell is Cassius still alive? I need answers.Ġ9/04: Just heard that this book series is being dragged out for TWO MORE BOOKS, Lightbringer and Red God. *Netgalley graciously gave me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. But also, I don't want this story to end. I can't wait four more years for Red God. And like me, you will laugh, you will cheer, you will gasp, you will stress eat, and you will probably cry. But I will say, if you loved Iron Gold and Dark Age, you will love this one. So, for that reason, I don't want to share my feelings on characters too much because it might give stuff away. Now, if you love these books, you know how twisty and turny they can be. She didn't steal the scenes in this book (that honor belongs to someone else), but she did rise in my 'favorite character' standings. But Lyria's story and her budding friendship with a particular character really caught me off guard. There were also a surprising amount of grammatical errors, but that's to be expected in an 'uncorrected' copy, so I won't hold that against it.ĭarrow and Lysander have strong showings, as you'd expect, no matter how you feel about Lysander (I'm talking about a particular reddit board, iykyk haha!). This book follows four characters, the newest of which (though not technically a new perspective to the series, just the newest compared to the others) is probably the weakest in the book (in my opinion). In the interest of not spoiling anything for anyone else, I must be brief. Angry that I must wait *however long* for Red God. This book is everything I wanted it to be. Well, I did say I was ready to be hurt again.

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