Saturday, May 6, 2023

Week 18 Reviews: Rift, Stolen Souls, Rise



Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her mother's life. Once she arrives, Ember finds joy in wielding swords, learning magic, and fighting the encroaching darkness loose in the world. She also finds herself falling in love with her mentor, the dashing, brooding, and powerful Barrow Hess. When the knights realize Eira, one of their leaders, is dabbling in dark magic, Ember and Barrow must choose whether to follow Eira into the nether realm or to pledge their lives to destroying her and her kind.

From Goodreads:
Bosque Mar, the source of dark magic in Andrea Cremer's New York Times bestselling Nightshade series, enters our world for the first time in Rift. This short story chronicles what happens when he--and his wraiths--arrive in the village of Dorusduain, a village that disappears in Rift.

From Goodreads:
Everything Conatus stands for is at risk. Hoping to gather enough resistance to save their order, Ember and Barrow attempt a desperate escape. But fate offers little mercy. When their mission is exposed, the  couple face relentless pursuit by the supernatural horrors that act on the commands of Eira’s ally: the mysterious Bosque Mar. A shocking revelation forces Ember out of hiding, sending her back into the heart of dark magic at Tearmunn keep, where she must convince her old friend Alistair of her love or face dire consequences. Ember's deception offers the only chance for the resistance to succeed, but what she discovers in the shadows beneath the keep will shatter her world and bring about the Witches' War.

My first review of Rift, Rise
My Review:
I really enjoyed reading these books again, and Stolen Souls for the first time. Especially so close to the original series, it was so good! I just love this world, and seeing the start of all of these groups and conflicts that carry on into the present, yeah, it was so great to read!

Rift really set things up for this time period, and these characters, as well as the starting points of getting this world from this to the one that we knew from the original series, and I loved seeing the story play out!

Stolen Souls, yeah, that was pretty interesting, and so very sad. Because yeah, we know it's not going to end well for anyone except the bad guys, given the rift and all. But I'm glad I read it, to have all the knowledge possible for a reader to have of this world! 

I just loved reading Rise, even though it hurt. I was scared for these characters, because I remembered that it didn't go very well for them, but not the particulars, so it was kind tense watching everything all happen. But it was just so good to read! 

Loved reading these books and I can't wait to continue on to Snakeroot! 

Author: Andrea Cremer
Series: Nightshade Prequel #1, 1.5, 2, Nightshade World #1, 1.5, 2
First Read: September 27th, 2012, December 26th, 2013
Read: April 29th, 29th, 29th, 2023
Source: Own, Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're Historical Fiction 2023 Books and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books! And Rise is a End of Series 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Speak, Philomel Books
Published: August 1st 2012, July 16th 2013, January 8th 2013

Rift:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








Stolen Souls:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








Rise:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

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