Bright Burns the Night
-
-
4.0 • 3 Ratings
-
-
- $8.99
Publisher Description
This “dark and exciting” reimagining of the Swan Lake tale, in which a queen is held captive by a rival king, “radiates girl power” (Kirkus Reviews).
Ten years ago, King Lorcan of the Dark Kingdom Dorjhalon defeated Queen Evelayn and cut her conduit stone from her. Since then, he has kept her trapped in her swan form. But once a year, Lorcan transforms her back to her Draíolon form and offers a truce. And every year Evelayn refuses—for he requires her to Bind herself to him for life. But now, with an Ancient power bearing down upon them, everything changes. Discovering she need her enemies even more than her allies, Evelayn partners with Lorcan. But how far will this partnership go? Can friendship—perhaps even love—bloom where hatred has taken root?
Sara B. Larson delivers a thrillingly romantic and hauntingly satisfying conclusion to the duology that began with Dark Breaks the Dawn.
Praise for Dark Breaks the Dawn
“This passionate, war-torn retelling of Swan Lake is not one to be missed! You’ll be spellbound from the very first lines.” —Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series
“A breathtaking origin story of Swan Lake that unfurls with soaring beauty and a villain prince as captivating as the fearless princess.” —Kathryn Purdie, author of the Burning Glass series
“A plucky heroine, a sinister, surprise villain in the wings, and plenty of battle action.” —Booklist
“Gripping.” —Publishers Weekly
Customer Reviews
It Keeps You Running Part II
As stated, I have dutifully read the follow-up to Dark Breaks the Dawn.
The character in whose death I rejoiced but feared wasn’t really dead, wasn’t really dead. Thankfully, his POV is all but absent in this book and his character a bit more nuanced.
The story proceeds apace with zero surprises.
There’s more running. Get this kingdom some horses!
There’s some truly weird, amorphous ancient history ex machina towards the end, and more spiders. I was kind of hoping the spiders in the first book were just a foreshadowing of something absolutely terrifying, but no. The Big Bad is just a cranky old spider that reminds me a bit of my Great Aunt Doris.
All in all, there’s more running than asskicking, and the romance remains tepid, like the mug of tea that’s been sitting next to you for an hour, but you take a sip anyway.
Less Romantasy boxes are checked in this book, probably because the author worked hard to check them all in the first book.
Oh, a character I hoped would be extremely likable in the first book….turned out to be extremely likable.
Since it only takes part of a day to read each of these books, I don’t regret my decision.