A review by drasticpear
The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

adventurous mysterious
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

When Brand turned back to face me, he looked resigned. I went over, reached up, put my palms on either side of his face. It wasn’t exactly a touch or a sign of affection—it was just shy a headlock.

I want to like this a lot more than I do! It had really great potential but fell short often.

I liked the characters, Rune and Quinn especially. But I spent more than half the book convinced Rune and Co were all no older than 25 because of how young and quippy they all acted. That Rune is 35 is absolutely baffeling to me and thats such a shame because I would've loved a more mature cast.

All the relationships felt a little flat, with too low emotional stakes because no conversation ever actually ended in a disagreement or even got heated to begin with. Addam was charming but there was no thrill in his persuit of Rune.

I'm curious to learn more about Rune but don't have high hopes for the second book.