A review by kalira
Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is one of my very favourite novels - and, in fact, the one I take my name from. I love Mercedes Lackey, I love Valdemar, and I particularly love Lavan and Kalira, for all that this book definitely makes me cry - it's not a bad kind of crying, and it's an example of a trope I truly love when done well (when in the right mood) for the ending.

Drama and realistic showing of trauma and bullying, and also anxiety, war, love, despair. . . A beautiful book.