One-Sentence Summary:
Timelines unite and characters die in the finale to the incredible Empirium Trilogy!
My Review:
… Wow. Just for reference, I read Furyborn almost two years ago and it was one of the first YA books that I really connected with. This series ending meant a lot to me. This review will most certainly NOT be coherent, it’ll be partially an assessment of the book and partially my experience reading it.
First of all, the actual review portion: Lightbringer was… incredible. I got angry, happy, both at the same time, and more. The characters went on beautiful journeys throughout the series and their character development was beyond amazing.
One thing that I could never critique is the ending. Trilogies usually have the same structure in my opinion: the first book is an introduction to the second book, when it really starts. The second book ends in a brutal cliffhanger which is addressed in the final book, always ending in the perfect way, combining loss and happiness. Lightbringer was no exception. The entire book was, as I said before, incredible, but the last few chapters brought together the entire series in the perfect way.
Now to the unprofessional part! Oh my f*cking God. I have never loved a book this much. I’ve been an avid reader since I was a young kid and this is one of the best books I’ve read. I have to brag, I did guess who the Prophet was, which actually seemed so obvious with context. This book hurt me in so many ways. Before I read the last two chapters of Lightbringer, I sobbed violently for a full ten minutes. This was absolutely brutal and the most I’ve ever cried reading anything. I’m even crying a little now just thinking about how it’s over.
I’ve already said this in my reviews of Furyborn and Kingsbane, but read the Empirium Trilogy if you like dark fantasy, royalty, hurtful romances (to the reader and the characters), and a myriad of LGBTQ+ characters. These books just flow so naturally and so beautifully, which is why they’re my favorite series and Lightbringer is my new favorite book.
Do I even have to say ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5?
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