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Nightbane

#2 in series

by Alex Aster
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The seductive and action-packed follow-up to Alex Aster's instant #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and internationally bestselling novel, Lightlark
Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers.
Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself hungry for distraction, preferring to frequent Lightlark's seductive haunts instead of embracing her duties as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven't ceded victory quietly, and there are others in Isla's midst who don't believe her ascent to power was earned.
As certain death races toward Lightlark and secrets from the past begin to unravel, Isla must weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all: her heart.
Alex Aster's intricate world expands after the riveting culmination of the Centennial games, delving more deeply into Isla's memories of her past, as her future hurtles toward two possible fates.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Lightlark

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 7, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

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      • ISBN: 9781647006334

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781647006334
      • File size: 4803 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      October 1, 2023
      Having broken several ancient curses in the opener, Lightlark (2022), Isla has to make a high-stakes choice between her virtuous Sunling lover and her hot Nightshade one. Supplying a punchy title but playing no significant role in the actual story, the eponymous flower makes a good emblem for a rambling follow-up that includes lots of angst and stabbing but neither substance nor a coherent storyline. Having stolen Isla's memories of their forbidden love, the centuries-old, "filthy, deadly--surprisingly attractive--Nightshade" Grim announces that he'll return in 30 days to destroy the island of Lightlark: "You can choose to flee to your newlands...or join me in a new future." Complicating matters, Isla's current beau, the aptly named, equally ancient Oro, is Lightlark's king. This advance warning of impending doom allows time for Isla to recall in backtracking flashbacks, bit by strung-out, tantalizing bit, how her supposed nemesis is nothing of the sort (which readers of the first volume will already well know). She also fills in the time by struggling to control her newly won magical powers, while setting off to marshal alliances and tour her new lands. Despite a dire prophecy regarding her hunky lovers, a series of increasingly steamy scenes culminate in a spectacularly anticlimactic face-off that exposes one of their motives. Characters are diverse in skin tone. Slapdash. (Fantasy. 13-18)

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