The last sun kd edwards5/28/2023 The banter and the jokes are even better. Things get darker (more so than I'd expected). It's characters navigating their vulnerabilities and fears with one another, and I lost track of the number of times I cried.īrand said, fiercely, in a breaking voice. It is an unending, head-spinning series of revelations and backs against the wall and consequent choices-choices that left me yelling and shaking with adrenaline-and Atlantean magic pushed beyond limits to mesmerizing results. Because the last 1/3 of the book? Fucking brace yourselves. And then just when you think, "Well, that has to be the peak," it smiles and takes you up into another building stacked on top of this one. This book takes everything you loved about The Last Sun and takes it up a level. The world shouldn't feel just as heartpounding and unexpected as the first time I read The Last Sun-like the jolt of a first kiss experienced over and over again. I mean, we've seen New Atlantis before, we know these characters, so the honeymoon glow should have worn off at least a little, because that's how sequels tend to go. It wants you to send some pillows and blankets to the titanium coffin you just buried it in.Ĭlearly The Hanged Man is the product of a mortal man making deals with a high demon, because it has no business- none whatsoever-being this damn good.
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