Another great masterpiece by Brandon Sanderson! This time, I continued the Reckoner’s trilogy with Firefight by Brandon Sanderson and dare I say that I liked it more than the first one?
Synopsis: Babylon Restored, formerly Manhattan, may give David answers. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic, Regalia, David is sure Babylon Restored will lead him to what he needs to find. And while entering another city oppressed by a High Epic despot is a gamble, David’s willing to risk it. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David’s heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic—Firefight. And he’s willing to go on a quest darker, and more dangerous even, than the fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers.
I thought this book was absolutely brilliant! The entire plot line was just so engaging and I was really intrigued by the setting of this book. It made for some very eerie scenes and was so cool.
Sanderson writes such compelling stories and this trilogy is a testament to that. I could not put this book down. I mean, it has superpowers in it so I was already pulled in due to that factor since I am a sucker for anything even close to relating an action comic.
I really think that David is a very relatable main character because I also make spontaneous and erratic decisions very quickly LOL so I feel like we would be two peas in a pod. I also really enjoy when there are consequences for using great power and this series deals a lot with that so I can’t wait to see how it concludes now that I have finished this masterpiece.
The villain in this one was so cool too! I wanted to explore more into their powers and how they worked but alas these books go by so fast that its hard to keep up.
Needless, to say, I can’t wait to read the next book and finish off this trilogy and if you haven’t read any of these books yet, go pick one up because you won’t regret it!
Book Rating: 5/5
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Disclaimer: I read this book because I wanted to. I was in no way compensated for my review.
An author and friend of mine recently released another book that you should check out. It is called The Little Breadwinner: War and Survival in the Salvadoran Heartland by Lucia Mann.
Synopsis: FROM 1980 TO 1992, A TURBULENT CIVIL WAR ravaged the Central American state of El Salvador, claiming the lives of approximately 75,000 Salvadorans. The Little Breadwinner is a story of tyrannized, frightened families—mostly poor peasants, indigenous peoples, and child farm workers—whose lives signified nothing to the military death squads.
Lucia Mann, who was in El Salvador at the time, recalls this vivid historical portrait of human rights violations during and after the “dirty” war between the military-led government and left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. This brutal conflict was backed politically, economically, and militarily by the United States with CIA involvement.
Throughout these pages, you will experience intense trials of courageous survival with unforgettable characters who yearn for peace, justice, and normalcy. One of the brave women you will meet is Estella Godwin Lozano (a Waorani tribe descendant of the Amazon rain forest), who suffered terribly before her brutal demise in Laredo, Texas in 2019. She was a “little person” who became traumatically affected by the abuse perpetrated by National Guard soldiers outside her pueblo home. She heroically joined the Sandinistas (Cuban-backed guerillas) to seek revenge upon the villains of her country.
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I saw this challenge on Elliot Brooks’ channel and knew that I had to do it! It’s called the Blindfold Book Cover Challenge! And it was featuring my parents since they were visiting over the weekend. Hope you enjoy it! Check out the video below:
