Title: The Consort
Series: Ascension #3
Author: K.A. Linde
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: K.A. Linde
Pub Date: October 10, 2017
Rating: 5 Stars
Our thoughts...
We finally get to the third book in the series, and to say
that it is even more scrumptious is an understatement. I recently linked The
Ascension series like a seven layer salad, but I
think now it’s more like one of those chocolate cakes with layers of
different types of creams inside. You know that with every bite you are going
to experience something incredible and
never be disappointed. Anyway! *Light Spoiler Alert!*
Things are not very good for Cyrene in the beginning. She
has found herself handed over to Kael (yes team other guy handed her over.
HRMPH!) and is on the way back to Byern,
and back to Ed. I swear Ed has gone insane. In this book, I think he lost everything that he once was. Truly tragic.
Kael is his usual sociopathic self, and truly the darkness has taken him. I’m continually asking myself what is this pull
towards him? Why does he have his hooks in me? It’s true he is the villain.
Total and complete. But I just can’t seem to put my finger on the draw. It
drives me nuts with excitement. I guess it’s the thrill of loving a sociopathic
murder. Maybe? I mean this is Fantasy after all. Or perhaps I might just be a
little twisted in my head. Which leads me to.
The other guy. Yeah,
we all know who it is. The good guy with
the bleeding red heart. He’s currently trying to get back his country that got
destroyed by our dear old friends in Byern.
I do feel there is a war coming with team other
guy at the helm. Will he save the day? Will he choose his country over
all else? I guess we will find out.
Now that I have gotten the delightful threesome of men out
of the way let’s talk about Cyrene! I mean she is the true player in this game. It is HER story after all. What makes
Cyrene so bad ass? Cyrene grows leaps and bounds in The Consort. She finally gets what she wants, but then realizes it might
not be what she wanted after all. Yes, Ed names her consort then kills Daufina. Cyrene leaves Byern once again, and she is on another adventure with the crew. I
love all the supporting characters, and I
feel that each one of them has a place in her story. Something awful happens to
my beloved Avoca, but I fear we haven’t heard that last of that story yet.
Where we end is a good albeit hangover stopping point, but in true Linde fashion,
we sit on the cliff waiting for her to drop the rest of the story into our lap
next year.
I could seriously talk about this book and this series for
days, but I want everyone to experience it all. It’s just
such a rich story. Not only with the love interests but with Cyrene herself and
how empowering she is. She has grown so much, and trying to find her way in
this story has been one hell of a ride for the readers. It will
continue to be one of my all-time
favorite YA series.
10 billion stars
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