Intense Second Installment
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024 | Rating: 5/5 | Best Sellers in Audible Books & Originals
i am going to do my best to make this a nonspoiler review there is just so much in this book that i can’t talk about due to it spoiling one thing or another especially that ending i mean where did that come from how do we move on from here i am not okaythis is the second book in the empyrean series this book picks up right where the first one ends i just need to say i get that it’s a war college but oh my god what these people endure i want to note that there is torture in the book however it is actually handled well you will cringe but its not overly graphic there was so much action going on in this one that i had a hard time putting it down i can only imagine how the next book is going to goof course after the ending of fourth wing there are a lot of issues between violet and xaden and even though they are stubborn and well young there is a lot of talk about why communication is so important for their relationship to work communication is discussed a lot in the book so i am wondering if it’s a setup for what is to come or the author really wanted to push it home i mean even tarin and sgaeyl have a moment and omg the secret andarna has i am not wellvi is pissed for a good bit of the book mostly justified but they pull though when she thinks xaden is possibly on his deathbed and there the romance picks up oh and assassins are being sent to kill anyone that survived the ending of book one so that they can’t tell the truth about what’s out there and then the whole let’s bring back person x i am still confused about a few things let’s just say the stakes start high in this book and just keep climbingthe family that vi created in book one just gets stronger and every time rhi ridoc and sawyer were in trouble i had so much anxiety because we just can’t lose them i know that thinking like that means that someone isn’t going to make it but i am way too attached and i will root for them all to make it to the end every time the problem is now that alliances have been forged this found family has grown and now all these characters need to stay safe tootarin may still be one of my absolute favorite characters in these books i love this dialog and the fact that every time vi doubts herself he reminds her that he picked her because of xyz he may be one of the absolute toughest dragons but he has a big heart sgaeyl didn’t seem to be as present in this book and i think that was because she was off the page a lot i hope it doesn’t mean anything then we have our precious andarna who might just be hiding the biggest secret of them all she is still a witty young dragon who apparently knows her worth even if she isn’t telling anyone including tarin poor tarin everyone was keeping secrets from himif you read fourth wing and liked it them pick up this one