It's alright, but I'm having a hard time relating to the characters. Also, the religious overtones are too much. I am fine with religious themes, but this is done in such an intrusive way. It's just obnoxious. I much prefer his Kingfountain series. ( )

Another quick and thoroughly enjoyable read! In this installment, we get to zoom in a lot closer to the characters we met in book one, which I absolutely loved. As before, the world-building is amazing. I really enjoy the magic system and the frame narrative within which the characters operate. We got to see a lot more of the world this time around, and the author's note at the end once again sent me down a research rabbit hole. Wheeler is amazing at mixing relevant historical context into his fantastical plots. Definitely give it a read! ( )

I LOVE these books - they're so intriguing and awesome. I really enjoy the story lines and the characters.

It sucks me right in and I have a hard time putting these books down at all. I also love that these are clean books without any questionable material in them like I often find in other books that cause me to stop reading them. ( )

Summer 2018, Whispersync Audiobook & Kindle Books:

I blow straight through Wheeler's trilogy in what amounts to a little more than a book a day, so these are all going to end up running together.

I rather loved Lia's story, and getting to both read and listen to it. I love the Maston magic (even if it did ring a little too close to The Fountain from his most recent series I had picked up and run through). I loved Colvin's wandering, plodding uncertainty about everything, especially his feelings. I loved that this love story didn't end up looking like anyone of the clearly too-alike earlier ones in the Fountain Head double trilogy.

I mourned the descent of this gorgeous, glorious culture of virtues and faith as the handholds for real magic, and how the forcing of it was what spurned the world into blackness (which is in the reverse to what interests me about its centuries later follow-up trilogy). I believe people will enjoy these and run them rather fast. The characters are engrossing. The story goes everywhere, and I am left with a very clear feeling and idea of what this world looks like, and the fact its out there still living on, even though I'm no longer at the fire listening to its tale being told. ( )

I am a new Jeff Wheeler fan. I love that the books are clean enough to let my 11 year old and 14 year old read, but still deep enough for me to read too. Amazing character development in this novel. I love Lia- a strong heroine that can kick some serious booty. Can't wait to finish the next one in this series. ( )