<b>Read Completed 7/24/24 |</b> 4 stars
Every time I start one of these books, I have a hard time focusing. I think it's just a me thing -- maybe I'm out of practice focusing on fantasy! Anyway, I slowed down my audiobook and/or finally got a grip on it and it was fast and furious towards the end. 

I am really enjoying spending time in this world, but I need to pay more attention to the world-building. It's actually quite awesome and there are a lot of layers in there and I need to figure out how to focus because I'd really love to FEEL all of this to its maximum potential. This may also be one of those series that just gets better with rereads too, which I'm sure I'll do down the line before future books. I think I'm going to slow down even more with the next book... 

Anyway, series are hard for me to review, but I really did like THE SONG RISING! There are always new things popping up and I really like how Samantha Shannon keeps building this world up in each book. We started small and keep moving further and further out and moving on to even bigger things. Things got super intense in the end, as they do, and there were definitely some heart-stopping moments!