If you have followed the Hurricane Wars and lived, cried and pulled your hair out in frustration at the tumultuous love story that eclipses Alaric and Talasyn, well then this is THE BOOK! After vanquishing the threat of the World Eater, a fragile hope exists for their political marriage to begin anew, with new policies, new allies and newfound trust in each other. That tender alliance is shattered in the worst possible way, replete with the violence and unnerving political power plays that Thea Guanzon imbues her stories with....
From scathing reunions, tottering alliances, mistrusting allies, this finale juggles a multitude of sides leaving the reader and the protagonists in a vortex of seething emotions. Reeling from past hurts and untold truths and secrets left lounging for far too long, Talasyn and Alaric emerge as the respective sovereigns in their Kingdoms, poised to wage an endless war, because some secrets feel worse than betrayal.... but can love just ever be enough?
I have three words for the readers who re-read the A Court of Wings and Ruin on repeat like me - Chapter Thirty Eight, that is the point where this story shifted for me, the plot line and arcs gave me the chills! Such a marvelous influx of self realization and dominance sheathed in silk and aether, written masterfully and justice delivered with panache! I LOVED this closure, this coming together of ends and it felt like coming home to a vision you had in another book, in another world.... impeccably and impossibly beautiful! Read at your peril, lose yourself and then go back and read it again.... it is THAT good!
My voidfell thankyous to Avon and Harper Voyager and Netgalley for furnishing the ARC and my lightwoven gratitude to the magnificent Thea for bringing it to such a moving closure!
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