Hello
happy readers! So today I have my
thoughts on a series ender I have been meaning to read for a while and finally
did. I read the first book of the
trilogy and loved it. Same for book two
until the end just broke me and left me nervous about continuing on. Then my bestie wanted to borrow a book and
saw the cover for book one and asked if I had read this series (because yes I have
plenty of books on my shelves I haven’t read and thus not a huge fan of loaning
out those until I have read them first) and I had the first couple so I let her
borrow book one. I had planned to read
the final book this year anyways so this would give me incentive. Mind you the last time she was reading a book
it took forever and a day for me to be able to talk about it but this one she
flew through in a couple days. So I had
to get on it and that weekend at work I finally read the amazing finale for the
Worldwalker trilogy by Josephine
Angelini, Witch’s Pyre. I have previously reviewed the first
books: Trial by Fire & Firewalker.
Lily has come a long way
from the sick girl she used to be in the world we know. She has traveled worlds, gained power as a
witch, become a leader, and faced dangerous travels and battles. She has also lost a lot. Her first crush and best friend and in a
different way the man she loves after he betrayed her in the worst possible
way. Now Lily and her coven are
introduced to a new society unlike anything they have ever seen. A society that lives with the Woven but
something isn’t right in the perfect utopia and Lily is determined to find the
answer. Along the way she begins to
uncover a deeper truth. There is still
nuclear war to be prevented and many sides to fight on. Can Lily find a way to victory that doesn’t
turn her into the tyrannical other her, Lillian or cost the lives of all those
she cares for?
So
when I went into this book I was nervous.
At the end of the last book Rowan did something horrible. He betrayed her in the worst possible way to
me. He took her will stones from her and
locked her in a cage. Knowing that she
was still haunted by her last similar encounter and promising to protect her
from such a fate being the one to do it made him dead in my eyes. So I was worried he’d show up and magically
be forgiven and all is well. I wasn’t
near ready to forgive him. Even waiting
almost two years between books as soon as I saw his name my anger was right
back at peak level for him. But I was so
thrilled that the story didn’t go that way.
There was so much happening and I loved the way things played out.
This
new city that has been thriving all these years. The discovery of a whole world who knew they
were there but didn’t try to help. There
is a lot going on and a lot of mystery and intrigue happening. I liked getting to know more about the others
and the coven bond as it grew stronger for some and weaker for others. When Rowan did show up, because we knew he
was, it was natural for me. The way the
story plays out is so much better than I could have imagined. There is the conflict outside our little
coven from all the challenges they face but also within as everyone in the
coven has their own baggage and thus react differently to things.
I
really enjoyed getting to see a wider aspect of the world in this book. We see the west coast but we also learn about
how the rest of the world is doing. It
is such a vast contract to how they were doing in the colonies. We also got to learn more about the Woven and
the different types and what makes them unique.
We traveled a ton and used up some serious magic as the plots were
uncovered. It was a thrill ride for
me. I got the character work I have come
to love in this series but I also got the action we expect as the series comes
to an end and so many irons are in the fire.
Battle is on the horizon and lines have been drawn.
I
saw several things coming from the start but others caught me off guard in the
best way. There was death and tears but
also life and joy. I covered the
emotional spectrum in this for sure. The
end was very fitting and really encompassed what we had been building
towards. There is a real payoff in the
end and while I would love to go back into the world and continue to see the “after”
and more from those who made it I am also completely at ease with the end. There was nothing that was really left
hanging everything was pretty much covered and I am so happy with how things
happened. So many characters got some
great arcs overall with real depth. It
was amazing. I highly recommend this
series!!!
Until
next time…
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