MY ⭐️ RATING: 4.5/5
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
THEIR CHILD WILL SAVE THE WORLD, IF THEY CAN KEEP THE DAMN KID ALIVE.
While preparing for the birth of his first child, Chrys Valerian is tasked with uncovering the group responsible for a series of missing threadweavers—those able to see and manipulate threadlight. With each failure, the dark voice in his head grows louder, begging to be released.
A young girl from a secret city in the center of the Fairenwild veers off course to explore the streets of Alchea, never expecting that her journey would end in chains.
Far in the deserts to the south, a young man’s life changes after he dies.
When Chrys learns who is responsible for the missing threadweavers, they come for him and his family. He must do everything in his power to protect those he loves, even if it means trusting strangers or, worse, the growing voice in his mind.
Together, these three will change the world—whether they intend to or not.
Voice of War begins the award-winning Threadlight series, filled with unique magic, exotic creatures, and a diverse cast of characters you’ll love and hate.
MY REVIEW
This has been sitting in my TBR for a few months after I discovered it in the last SPFBO, and I finally decided to move it up the list. I’m glad I did. This was such a fantastic start to a series and wow, what an ending! The Magic system was very cool. (I have read it is a lot like Brandon Sanderson, I have not read any of his books so I can neither confirm nor deny this), but I loved that the Magic system is based on balance. Sapphire eyes who can push, emerald that can pull. Not only that but the veins in the body turn the same color as the eyes when using Threadlight… HOW COOL IS THAT!
“When you find a weakness, you wake up with the sun, grab it by the stones, and bring it to submission. Self betterment is the rarest form of ambition. I admire it greatly.”
The narrator, Adam Gold has a Sam Worthington vibe and we get multiple POV’s and the characters are so well written. Chrys Valerian, a High General threadweaver, who has to face a dark demon inside of him called The Apogee along with having to save his family from the bloodthieves. Laurel, a threadweaver from the Fairenwild who is a runner for the high council, but is also a Threadlight addict, and finally, Alvarex, a man that was born achromatic (brown eyes, no powers) is killed and “reborn” as a threadweaver with special powers unlike the others. The banter between Chrys and his companions will make you laugh quite a bit, and Laz may be my favorite character in this book. Everything he says made me laugh.
This was a fantastic epic fantasy story that kept getting darker as it went along, and it’s unfortunate that it had such stiff competition during the SPFBO6 because this had all the makings of being a winner. With that said, I did have some minor issues with how some chapters ended and the next began, but it didn’t take me out of my experience one bit. This is going to be an incredible series.
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