R.S.A Garcia

Nightward is mixture of sci-fi. fantasy and mythology, all three are genre I usually pick up, however very rarely do I find them mingled into one so well. We follow the story in a word where warrior women rule with their magic.

During a coming of age type ceremony the young princess was to be confirmed as the next heir to the throne, her mother is murdered. This leaves the young princess to now be a young queen. To escape a coup and a possible attempt on her life they flea the queendom

The character development between the princess and her bodyguard is amazing. They are both young , conflicted and unsure of the world and they find comfort and trust in each other. Page by page you see them grow together and closer.

The world building is vibrant and beautiful the mixture of the mythology and fantasy aspects really come alive then you add on the advanced technology and it becomes alive.

The ending thought clenches heart my goodness , it was so touching.

The story keeps a great pace through the book, there were very few short lulls in the over all main plot. The sub plots keep evolving as well. I can tell that the next book is going to pick up and keep building on this very well laid out foundation. I love the fact this is a duology, where i would love more of this world maybe in a spin off or just placed in this world knowing that we are going to get answers and resolve the main plot in the next book makes it even more enticing to grab the new one as soon as I can.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager | Harper Voyager for the Digital ARC

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