Don’t mind me, just casually crying at the laundromat while reading the end of this book

This was such a fun, quick read! Cardan is my favourite character from The Folk of the Air world, so I was hyped for this book, and it definitely didn't disappoint

The only thing that bothered me was how much focus was put on Jude. Jude already had her Main Character Moment, this was meant to be Cardan's time to shine, but literally every story somehow related back to her. I also didn't like how a lot of the stories were scene that were in the original trilogy, it was just told from Cardan's perspective. I would have preferred to see things from Cardan that we'd never seen before so that we could get to know him better

Otherwise, I really enjoyed this and it was so nice to be back in this world <3

After four long years, I finally finished this trilogy! I’ll be honest, I really don’t get the hype around them. They’re entertaining at least, but these are not good books in my opinion

4.75⭐️

I don’t even know where to begin here. This series was so goddamn good. Why did it take me so long to finally pick this up? I’m so so glad I did, wow. There was so much that I loved about this series, and this book especially, that I don’t really know where to start

First of all, the characters. Incredible. I loved every single one of them. They’re the best part of this series for me. They all had some pretty good development, especially in the first half of A Conjuring of Light. I love where Lila’s character went, and seeing her slowly (very slowly) start to trust people while still staying true to who she is. I loved seeing Kell and Rhy’s relationship grow stronger even when there was distance between them. Holland, just everything to do with Holland. Alucard, oh man don’t even get me started on Alucard. I especially loved the dynamic between four of them throughout this book, it was a lot of fun and got me right in the feels. I even loved the side characters, like Lenos and Hastra and Tieren. It was cool to learn more about the other kingdoms as well through the magicians that were still there from the Essen Tasch in the last book. I genuinely don’t think there was a single character I didn’t like. One thing I wish had gotten more development though, was Kell with the king and queen. That was a very complicated relationship, and feel like it didn’t get as much resolution as I would have liked.

I’m not saying I would have wanted everything to have been wrapped in a nice neat now before they died, but I would have liked to have seen more of what Kell was feeling after heir death. He knew they loved him, and he loved them, but it was different from their relationship with Rhy, and I wish that had been explored just a little bit more after their death.

Also Osaron was a fucking cool ass villain, DAMN

The plot of this one was really fun, I’m obsessed with books set at sea so I was tickled pink when they got on that boat omg. When we first started learning more about Osaron and his power, I was so nervous about how this was going to end ngl. I couldn’t see how I was going to get out of this book without my heart being shattered, and shattered it was but I really like what Schwab did with it! Everything hurt and that’s exactly what I love

This was just ok. It was fun and enjoyable for the most part, I liked the humour and the family element to it. But overall it just didn’t stick out to me whatsoever. This is yet another romance novel where the conflict made absolutely no sense to me, and had me rolling my eyes going “really? That’s what you’re breaking up over? Ok

3.5⭐️

Parallel Universe Me Has No Scars is a collection of poetry told in four sections, each poem depicting a moment of intense emotion. I really enjoyed reading this! It felt like stepping into someone’s mind, and hearing their every thought throughout the day(s). I’m fascinated by the way different people think, everyone’s individual internal dialogue and how it may differ from what mine sounds like. Reading this collection of poetry felt like that and it was a really interesting read! I love how honest the author is; he is unapologetic and doesn’t hold back, qualities I wish more people would have.

Thank you so much to Matthew Stegman for sending this collection my way!

Full review to come but I really enjoyed this!! It wasn’t perfect, it kind of dragged a bit in some places, but for the most part it was fantastic and I’ll definitely be checking out more of this author in the future