For readers of Kristin Cashore's Graceling and Tamora Pierce's Tortall Series, co mes a brand-new epic fantasy adventure with twists, turns, magic, and mayhem!
In this third book in the Algardis series, Mae has been captured, tortured, and left hanging for debt. When she escapes, with the help of a former foe, she has to question whether vengeance is worth it when her entire family's lives hang in the balance.
Going further than she ever has before, Mae must accept that in order to gain retribution she must be willing to be as unflinching as the people who took over her home. Trying to outwit a band of mages and mercenaries isn't easy, but if anyone is up to the task its Maeryn Darnes.
But time isn't on her side and all the magical abilities in the world won't save her when those very same enemies send creatures from the darkness chasing after her with one goal in mind--recapture the girl with the tattoo powers unlocked within her chest.
Back against the wall and knowing no aid is coming, Maeryn Darnes is on a quest to save herself and all she holds dear but the world she thought she knew is no longer as black-and-white as it once seemed.
My Review:
Man, I enjoyed this book! We dealt with Rivan's betrayal, deciding if she can work with him again after the events of Fortune. We learned more about her magic, magic in general, that we might've known from previous books, but it's been a long time since I've read them, so a refresher was nice!
Almost the entirety of this book is Rivan and Mae. There's really no other characters, except for two encounters, and one is with a creature that can't talk. So we really got to delve into their relationship, and explanations of magic!
At the end of this book, a suspicion about Rivan is confirmed, and we get to see things a little from his side of things, as he explains what he is. Again, it's been a while, so it was great to have these details!
I have a few lingering questions from Fortune that I hope are answered sometime during this series, since Terah Edun has said that these are going to be multi-book story arcs. One is, is the generational sickness actually linked to the women of the Darnes family having their magic locked up? And was the group that her stepmom was a part of, doing the magic on the kids, what's going on there? It wasn't really a priority in this book, given that they were getting away from the bad guys and running, but in the future!
Loved this book, and I can't wait for more from this series and I can't wait to see where it goes from here!
Author: Terah Edun
Series: Guardians of Algardis #3, Algardis #8
Read: January 14th, 2020
Source: Author for Review
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book!
Publisher: Terah Edun
Published: December 16th 2019
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