Book Review: All the Wandering Light by Heather Fawcett

Release Date: December 4th, 2018
Read: March 11th-12th, 2019
Publisher:  Balzer + Bray
Series: Even the Darkest Stars, #2
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
Source: Won

Description from GoodReads:

After the terrifying events on Mount Raksha, the witches have returned, and River has betrayed Kamzin to regain his dark powers. The witches’ next step: march on the Three Cities and take over the Empire—led by River’s brother, Esha.

If Kamzin is to save Azmiri and prevent the fall of the Empire, she must find a star that fell in the Ash Mountains to the north. Fallen stars have immense power, and if Kamzin and Lusha can find the star, they can use its magic to protect the Empire. To get there, Kamzin has allied with Azar-at, the dangerous and deceptive fire demon, who can grant her great power—in exchange for pieces of her soul. But River wants the star too, and as their paths collide in dangerous and unexpected ways, Kamzin must wrestle with both her guilt and her conflicted feelings for the person who betrayed her.

Facing dark magic, a perilous journey, and a standoff against the witches, can Kamzin, Lusha, and Tem find the star and save their Empire?

Review:

   Now I was heading home. But after that, there was nowhere I couldn't go. 

  Even the Darkest Stars was one of my favourite reads of 2017, to the point where I’ve gone ahead and collected almost every edition of the book. You bet I had All the Wandering Light pre-ordered, the minute the cover released. Although I was really excited to read the sequel, I wasn’t excited for the series to end. I ended up putting the book off a little longer than I should have, cause in the end, the conclusion was marvelous. 

   All the Wandering Light takes off right where Even the Darkest Stars ends, quickly helping you get over the cliffhanger that you were left with in the first book. Then from there, the action instantly picks up as we race to stop the witches from taking over the kingdom after River released them when he reached the summit of Raksha. 

   Without spoiling anything, I found the story to be just as action packed, and mountain filled as the first book. Everything concluded beautifully, and for once in my life, I actually thoroughly enjoyed this series as a duology instead of wanting a trilogy. As a trilogy or series person, it was thrilling to actually have everything come together perfectly in two books, without a dozen forgotten loose ends.  

   All the Wandering Light was as poetically and magically written as Even the Darkest Stars. I look forward to reading Ember and the Ice Dragons when it releases in Fall 2019. 

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Favourite Quote:

“You're like the wind - you're meant to be out there, among the mountains and the stars, fighting storms and monsters and anything else foolish enough to get in your way.”

Recommend to People Who Enjoy:

Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Magic, Mountains, Witches, Dragons