(2023) Second in an epic fantasy/dying Earth trilogy. I had some issues with the first, but liked it well enough to continue. My feelings continue mixed: some very cool new settings and a couple of appealing new characters, but some plot threads just seem to hit the same note over & over, and occasional anachronisms make me grit my teeth. Still: it's more fun than not, and I'll read the next (final?) volume.
pickThis is very much a middle book—the board was set (in the first book) & now it‘s time to split the group up &, ultimately, leave the heroes hanging by a thread…which is to say, Rollins uses a very familiar structure replete with all the tropes you would expect to find in an epic quest. Occasionally gripping, the story is also overly long with uneven pacing. Still, it‘s engaging enough I‘ll finish the trilogy.
I received the first 2 books in the Moonfall series as ARCs. Thus is book two. The books are packed with character development & complicated intriguing plots. 😁
pickIt feels like I waited forever for this sequel to Rollins‘ excellent new epic fantasy series! Like the first book, this follows multiple characters- some newly introduced here- to find the method to prevent Moonfall from destroying their world. The audio performance is excellent but I found myself wishing for a list of the characters to refresh my own memory at the start- but once it all came back, I couldn‘t stop listening! Emotional & exciting!
pick🎧 I loved The Starless Crown. This is the continuing story!
The parties separate. One to the frozen north & monsters, the other to the city filled with political intrigue, monsters of a different kind.
A lot of characters to track. A world struggling to survive on the precipice of moonfall! Adventure! Betrayal! I like my epic fantasy with a mountain of monsters, war & intrigue! Dark.
Everything you loved about book one & more!!
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