e-Audio, 12:36:20
Narrated by: André Santana
Release Date: September 3, 2024
Published by: Macmillan Audio
Read from: September 4-7, 2024
The Sunbearer Duology, #2
Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Death of a Parent, Violence, Blood, Torture, Fire/Fire Injury, Injury/Injury Detail, Child Death, Suicidal Thoughts, Genocide
For Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, 2sLGBTQ+, Mythology, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Latinx-Mexican) YATeo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice.
The sun is gone, the Obsidian gods have been released from their prison, and now chaos and destruction are wreaking havoc on Reino del Sol. All because Teo refused to sacrifice a fellow semidiose during the Sunbearer Trials.
With the world plunged into perpetual night, Teo, Aurelio and Niya must journey to the dark wilderness of Los Restos, battling vicious monsters while dealing with guilt, trauma, and a (very distracting) burgeoning romance between Teo and Aurelio. Once more racing against the clock, the trio are determined to rescue the captured semidioses and retrieve the Sol Stone. With it, Sol and their protective light can return and order can be restored.
Now the future of the whole world is in their hands.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This one starts right up after the end of the second book. While I didn’t love the lulls when they were traveling, I thought it was great that they filled these spots with the POV of the other person. nd even tho this one had things the other didn’t, I still loved the first one more.
Ok so what I liked most about this one is the different monsters they came across. I love hearing about those weird, spooky monsters from other people’s cultures. So imagine my delight and surprise when i saw that there was a chupacabra and a lechuga in this! I love these kinds of things. Definitely gave me a reason to like this series even more. I also like the other ones that were brought up the at the end. This had me looking up more stories to find out more about the different gods because this was so good lol
The fight scenes got me tho. I’m not a huge fantasy reader. But these fight scenes were so good and they had me locked in. I don’t think I’ve ever been locked into a book like this like I had with this one. And there were so many of them too. And the way they were using each other to their strengths was amazing too. I loved seeing them work together.
The other thing I liked was the way you get the POV of the villain in this one. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that has that. It sounds weird, but it was so good. And like the way that person was basically coming into their own? I hate that I enjoyed seeing them learn and grow at the expense of taking the others hostage. Ugh this book was so good!
The plot was a slow burn but once it got going it was good. And the characters were mostly from the other book, but there’s a lot of new people in this one too. I heard that Aiden Thomas had to cut a lot of the book during edits because he had written a lot of different deities and stuff, so I’m hoping we get some of that story. Even if it’s like just a guide to go with the books. Until then, I’m just going to re-read my favorite parts lol
Overall, I give this
