If you love "The Hunger Games" and "Percy Jackson", this will absolutely be a hit for you! "The Sunbearer Trials" was so, so much fun and as much as I knew I would love it from the moment I laid eyes on it, this book completely blew my expectations out of the water!! The diversity of the characters is so needed and refreshing, the writing is compelling and keeps you invested at every turn, and I'm gonna go on the same tangent that I go on every time - but I fell in love with the characters and their little family instantly 😭

Niya is my princess who hasn't done anything wrong in her life, Teo is my son that I will protect with my life, and Xio is Baby™ (or rather was, for those who've finished the book already???) I even grew to like Auristela by the end which????? I still can't believe, but I love her so much!!! The ending was inevitable, but it still left me reeling and wanting more, and I'm ready for the second book like. Now. Right this second.

I will say that there were some parts that didn't make a lot of sense to me yet, and I say yet because I'm pretty sure they'll be explained in the next part. The most crucial one is, if Tierra knew that there was a way to bring Sol back all along, why didn't he tell anyone or do it in the centuries that the trials have been going on? There could've been so many deaths prevented, so much grief avoided, and so much more safety to be gained if Sol just came back. Is it possible only once the Obsidians escape? Did Opción know this all along, and knows that this turn of events was necessary to enable Sol to regain their physical form? I need to know!!!!

All in all, this was a delight, and I hope you give it a chance if you read this review because it deserves all the hype and more!!