A review by hsecen
Lightbringer by Claire Legrand
3.0
2.5 stars
I have so many thoughts about this final installment - Kingsbane left me with so many questions and I do get answers in this book which was definitely appreciated. But there's an element introduced in Kingsbane and it becomes even more prevalent in this book which just confuses me too much. If you know you know, and it's just one of those loops that I don't think anyone could really explain perfectly, and throwing it into an already mildly confusing magical world. It didn't go over well for me. I truly don't understand what was going on with Corien, Simon, and the Prophet. Totally lost me. And unfortunately, Eliana had the arc that I was most interested in and it was both confusing and very drawn out. I lost interest about halfway through that timeline.
Rielle, I still don't like. She infuriated me so much and despite the chapter on the terrace, I was still unimpressed with her character. Nothing felt redeemed. And her last chapter was hugely triggering for me and I'm not sure I liked feeling as sad as I did in her final chapter. I'm not sure this is a series I will ever revisit in the future, but maybe now that I have answers, things will make more sense. Who knows.
I have so many thoughts about this final installment - Kingsbane left me with so many questions and I do get answers in this book which was definitely appreciated. But there's an element introduced in Kingsbane and it becomes even more prevalent in this book which just confuses me too much. If you know you know, and it's just one of those loops that I don't think anyone could really explain perfectly, and throwing it into an already mildly confusing magical world. It didn't go over well for me. I truly don't understand what was going on with Corien, Simon, and the Prophet. Totally lost me. And unfortunately, Eliana had the arc that I was most interested in and it was both confusing and very drawn out. I lost interest about halfway through that timeline.
Rielle, I still don't like. She infuriated me so much and despite the chapter on the terrace, I was still unimpressed with her character. Nothing felt redeemed. And her last chapter was hugely triggering for me and I'm not sure I liked feeling as sad as I did in her final chapter. I'm not sure this is a series I will ever revisit in the future, but maybe now that I have answers, things will make more sense. Who knows.