I did not realize this was a sequel and I was so lost as I started reading! One I got caught up on characters and plot I enjoyed it more.

Praise Mortain! I’m finally done! I have been waiting since Grave Mercy for a happy ending for these characters I have grown to love so much over these years. I will say this book in particular may not be my favorite out of all of the books, I still really enjoyed seeing how each characters’ story wrapped up.

First, Sybella. I have always, always loved her fierceness, her loyalty, strength and love she has for her sisters and friends, even showing kindness to the people she really dislikes. She is truly a wonderful heroine and I’m glad to see her journey extended in this duology. Her and Beast are so good together. Beast reminds her that there is light alongside the darkness in this world. Truly so absolutely wonderful together!

Now onto Genevieve. I had mixed feelings about her in the last book because let’s face it, she can be naive, too trusting and made some really stupid mistakes in the last book. This book is about her trying to fix her mistakes. She really was trying to help but when she realized she made this colossal mistake, she does try to make amends. She is a bit unpracticed but it’s understandable since she left the convent at 12 and never got to finish her training. In this book, I appreciated her efforts to make things right again or at least to the point where her friends and sisters wouldn’t be in danger from the Crown. She definitely redeemed herself throughout this book.

Gen and Maraud are a couple I can totally get on board with. They didn’t have much time for romance, same for Beast and Sybella, but I can see them lasting. They have to rebuild trust now and then but I liked how she opens up to him. He is someone she can rely on but he isn’t asking for her soul in return, just to earn their mutual trust.

I did find Gen’s relationship with the King to be very interesting. The King is super clueless and sheltered. He takes people word just because they promise and really is only receiving the facts from a bunch of liars. Then he decides to make his own decisions at the stupidest times. He always had a fondness for Gen and that helped a lot in this book. Gen wants to offer friendship to him. She doesn’t exactly respect him but has seen kindness and honor in him so she sees hope even when the King is against her and Sybella. He does redeem himself as a leader in the end so I see hope for him. I’m impressed by her patience in him. I would have smacked him if he wasn’t the King.

I wasn’t bothered by the multiple perspectives. We not only have Sybella and Gen’s perspectives but also a little of Aeva and Maraud’s as well. It made sense why we had to know what was going on with them but at the same time I kind of wish the story would just be from Sybella and Gen’s perspectives only just to be consistent.

Lastly, the overall plot. I’m not going to lie, the plot is a little bit of a jumble. A little slow at times. I wasn’t as engaged when reading this book compared to the other. We have so many separate and overlapping story lines. I really wanted to know about Sybella and her sisters. Then there is Sybella vs the King, the Regent, General Cassel and a bunch of other people. They find out she is an assassin so they assume she is responsible for every death known to man. Like umm, hello? Don’t your guards and soldiers kill? Don’t they have swords and other weapons are there disposal? What about the bloodthirsty General Cassel? Is he not also equally capable of killing? Why are they are so ignorant? Like yes, Sybella doesn’t mind killing but only to protect those she loves or in defense. Only when absolutely necessary. I was so mad on her behalf.

Basically, the storylines were resolved in the end but I also feel like will there be more books. This story ended but I feel like we could fast forward to 18 years later and see how the next generation is going? I’m up for that.

From Sybella to Beast, Annith to the Queen, I was really reading this series for all of these amazing characters. Long may the Queen reign! I’m sad the story is over but I hope this won’t be the last book in this world.

I was excited to continue on in the world of Xybella and Genevieve to see what would become of this world. I enjoyed the first half of the book as it left off right where the first book ended. All the characters I enjoyed were back and continuing on. About halfway through, I did not like the shift in the storyline. I understand where it was going, but I enjoyed the way the story was going and felt that it was such an abrupt change going into the fighting realm that it didn't sit well with me. It makes sense in the end and the last 1/4 of the book felt like it came back home to the original storyline. All in all, it was a good ending. 4 stars. Thank you, NetGalley for the eARC.

It really is a hit or miss with multiple point of views because it can be exciting or drag the story on and make it boring..... Sadly it was the latter of the two. While it wrapped everything up I feel it could have entertained me more

This was a very captivating novel, a great follow up to the first in the series. The author does a great job with character development, plot, and has beautiful diction.

Being the last of the the duo logy I was quite let down by this book. The POVs were poorly executed and I didn’t connect with the characters as much as I would’ve liked too.

I recommend to read 'His fair assassins' before picking this series as this is an expansion of that world. That will help in understanding the world better and easy. The MC matures in a good way with improved writing quality.

Wonderful characters and story line. Wonderful world building The author has a gift for writing wonderful, strong women and crafted believable POVs..

Thank you netgalley for the opportunity to read igniting darkness
Enjoyable read, flowed well and kept me interested enough to finish.
Credit to the author.

I loved the world building. I loved the characterization. I loved the ships. I loved the writing. I even appreciate the multiple POVs. Sybella and Genevieve are girl goals, and Igniting Darkness is truly a wonderful ending to a series chock full of awesome heroines. It’s the kind of book you would feel good to let your daughters read when they’re ready for that kind of heat. The only thing that I found problematic was the pacing, but I bought into the characters early, so it wasn’t distracting when things would slow down. The entire series is well done and engaging, and recommend both it and His Fair Assassin.

I was given this ARC via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This is an amazing end to the series. In this book we follow the end of Sybella's story. We follow the battle of power the queen has as well as Sybella's battle with her family.
This book is filled with personal, emotional, mental, and physical battles. I could not be happier with the ending or writing of this novel!

This book was excellent, really engaging and I loved the character progression we got. This book does throw you into the story so I would suggest a reading of her other work first to get up to speed. Perfect for fans of Sarah Maas, Kristin Cashore or Leigh Bardugo.

I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a good read. I liked the plot but I expected more from the characters.

Thank you kindly to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for this review copy.

Enjoyable fantasy, this was my first read by this author and I can't wait to read more of their books soon.

This book was really good. It exceeded my expectations. I loved the character development we saw and definitely think it deserves more hype

This book starts directly after the ending in the first book in this series. In book one, we have met the main characters in this battle between Brittany and France and the fight that the Duchess, now Queen, is undertaking against the AWFUL and evil Regent of France who is NOT going to give away her power if she can help it.

What I enjoyed the most from this book was the way the "team" got together to work together - even though they were going against the King who was being stupidly obstinate - to save Brittany from the double cross attempt of Rohan along with the English. I will say though, that it was also EXTREMELY frustrating to see the King being so blind to the manipulation going on from his supposed TRUSTED advisors of his Privy Council. Granted, he was a young and inexperienced King but he had so much potential to be a good King, but had not yet made the step to embark on that journey. Our team had representatives of the many of the Nine, who each had awesome and different powers given to them by their gods to make a one of a kind team of fighters.

This book also showcases the deep relationships that abounded between all of our heroes. We see Maraud thrilled to see Beast, Lazare willing to work with the archers, the archers willing to guard the sisters of Sybella, Sybella and Gen developing a relationship as sisters, and Gen realizing that her powers were so much more than she could have ever hoped for...all in all, what a wonderful team with wonderful skills.

Again, this book was a book in the Historical Fiction genre and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. My prior experience with a favorite book series in this genre is the Outlander series and while this series does not overtake this as my favorite, it is still up there in terms of my enjoyment.

I was really excited to get approved for this boom even though I haven't read the other books in this series yet! The writing was magical and I was able to follow the different POV even though I hadn't had a chance to read the other books yet. This book pulled me in and I'm now in the process of reading the other books in this series.

I read just a little sneak peek and this out sounds great!

I can't wait to read the rest! And that cover is gorgeous

The first book in this series (which is actually a follow up to Grave Mercy series) was a fantastic, action-filled story filled with political intrigue, assassin nuns, and surprising curves (all the right kinds in all the right places!). Igniting Darkness jumps directly back into the fray, which might be a little jogging for readers who have waited awhile between these two books. The netgally offering is only a sample, but shows that this second book is going to be just as intricate and well-played as the first.

Interesting premise. Likable/hated characters. Cool plot. I would recommend this story to others. Some spots I found that didn't hold my attention, but overall, I still liked it.