![]() ![]() ![]() I also liked the influence of Game of Thrones in the Savatar (Azarion’s people). I liked the shades of LOTR with the barrows-complete with a barrow wight-where our hero and heroine take shelter on the ride to his homeland. The city is eerily depicted and the scene where they have to run for their lives from a horrifying creature is really well done. I loved the scenes where they take refuge in a haunted city, after just escaping the capital. He blackmails her into helping him escape and then abducts her. But he’s the only one who sees through Gilene’s yearly illusion when she joins the other ‘Flowers of Spring’ who must burn. Azarion is the gladius prime, and also the empress’s pet. A gladiator planning his escape, and a young woman who makes a yearly journey that takes a terrible toll on her. Draven drops you straight into the drama. That said, it’s a really good read and well worth the (long) wait for! However, although there were things I absolutely loved about this novel, it fell short of the mark in a couple of areas. Radiance and Master of Crows remain two of my favorite books! I really wanted to give this novel five stars … as I’m a huge Grace Draven fan. ![]()
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