I was very lucky to receive an ARC of this book. Valley is the last book in the Glacian trilogy, that sees the conclusion of Dawsyn and Ryon's story. As per the last two books, this is a slower paced book, more of a journey than constant action and excitement. The writing is excellent (per usual). This book picks up with Dawsyn, Ryon, their friends and the ledge people having escaped the ledge and now in the Chasm looking to journey to the end and to freedom. Now with the Glacians and the human queen chasing them, they struggle through the darkness, famine and insanity of the chasm. I enjoyed this book, thought it was a good conclusion. I am happy we got more of Yennes story, that was unexpected. I think that it could have been a little shorter of a book, but with this world and characters, I don't mind staying in it longer either.

This was a beautiful ending to the trilogy. I cried and laughed multiple times through out. I loved reading the alternating POV of Yennes and learning her story. Heartbreaking but so good.

A great conclusion to this epic Trilogy! I loved all the characters in these books and the world building was great!

“Ryon sighs too. "What I wouldn't give," he whispers, moving his mouth to her ear, "to fly you away."

“A princess made a monster.
And now a monster made a princess.”

"We'll make it, malishka" he says, lips glancing her neck.
Dawsyn shivers again. "Whatever comes?"
She feels him grimace. "Whatever comes."

"I felt something cut its way into my chest and bind around my heart, and you've lived within me ever since. Wherever I go, it remains, and it seeks you out. Nothing feels right unless I can see you, hear your voice."

When I started this book, I didn’t know how to feel. There is a sense of completion and dread at knowing that you are about to read the last book in a series. And when the series is one you loved very much … those two feelings are quite hard to ignore, constantly battling each other out for dominance. Dawsyn and Ryon’s story has accompanied me through some harsh time and reading about a stubborn but relentless woman trying to save herself and her people from a terrible destiny while also meeting the other part of her soul unexpectedly was the cure that saved me. And now … now I don’t know what to do with myself. The author has been able to condense all the possible answers I needed from the previous books in this one without making the book itself heavy or frustrating. It was action packed. It was magical. It was dark in the right moment and it made me feel hopeless. But it also made me feel hopeful and in love and desperate to get the people I love to safety (in my case I’m referring to these characters that I needed to have an happy ending). There were some plot twist that I did not see coming and the fact that we got to some intriguing characters’ backstory was fascinating. Dawsyn was as badass as always. Only this time around there is a fragility in her that we had only caught glimpses of before but which comes from the responsibility weighing on her shoulders. And Ryon … he is and always will be the love of my life. Once again there’s nothing in his heart by complete devotion and loyalty to her and no one else and I can’t help but love him deeply for it. Aside from their romance, the second thing I love the most about this series is the found family trope whose components never fail to amaze me in their love and affection for one another. I still have tears in my eyes thinking about the fact that this journey is over. Dawsyn will always love rent free in my heart. And I can’t wait for another adventure !!!

"Look at me and tell me that you were not carved apart and remade with a piece of me."

"Stay with me," he whispers to her. "Vow
it."
This promise, in part, she can swear to.
"You took my heart long ago, Ryon," she says. "It stays with you."

"Only fools trust the fates. Destinies are forged, not written."

“Dawsyn places her hand in Ryon's and it fills her with a light that is neither mage nor Glacian, but the rightness of two souls such as theirs, and the assuredness that they should collide.”

“If you depart this world before me, I will never find that light again, because the love I feel for you... it is the ruining kind. I won't survive it twice."

4.75 ⭐️
The awe encompassing finale to the Glacian Trilogy has arrived! Dawson, Ryon and the gang lead the ledge dwellers they rescued into the chasm to escape two oppressors. What follows is a wide range of strife, triumph, failure, and acceptance.

I thought this was one of the best finalizes to a series I’ve read in some time. I was up till 2:30 am one night trying to read as much as my eyes would allow as I wasn’t sure how we’d make it to the end with all the turns were had been taking. I loved reading about the past of new characters, seeing the deterioration of wills in some and rise of strength in others.

I also really enjoyed the epilogue and thought it was wonderfully done.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Angry Robot books for the ARC!!

I've been eagerly waiting for the final installment in this trilogy and it's finally here. It took a little bit for me to get into this one, but once I did I really enjoyed it!

So good, a little slow in the first half though. <3 Great finish to this trilogy!

Thank you NetGalley and Angry Robot for the opportunity to read this eARC.

Y’all I think I’m cursed. Seriously what is going on with most series finale books this year. Valley was one of my most anticipated books of 2024. And sadly I’m disappointed.
Before I get any further though I do wanna give a massive thank you to NetGalley and Angry Robot for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.

Back to the nitty gritty. I’m extremely conflicted even typing this review. This series has been one of my all time favorites. But our third and final book fell short of what I was expecting. Which feels so wrong to type out and it breaks my heart. But even with that said don’t let that discourage you from reading the series as a whole.

Because let me tell you, Ledge was a fantastic opening to an action packed fantasy world with a splash of romance.

And we can’t forget about Chasm! By far my favorite book in the series. Chasm was a kick butt sequel with action, betrayal, magic and romance from start to finish.

Oh but Valley.. this book felt like that one lord of the rings movie where literally all they are doing is hiking and sleeping. Then we get to the last 40% of the book for finally something to happen to get the plot rolling again. I understand during those slow scenes there was importance to them and events that had to happen I just wish we could’ve reached our destination quicker.

Now again Valley did get better after we got past the halfway point. However it wasn’t perfect. I didn’t feel as connected with our main characters like I did in previous books. The romance was barely a fizzle. And to top it off the ending felt rushed.

Even though Valley wasn’t my favorite. I still highly recommend this series. And will always recommend it to any fantasy reader.

I feel so conflicted with this review, and I don't like it because this series has been so good, I've loved it. But this fell short of what I was expecting.

Ledge was a brilliantly unique opener, full of action and romance and fantasy.
Chasm was a wonderful follow-up, full of conversation and emotion.

I really hoped that Valley would be a combination of the two.

Let me start with the positives.

I always worry with a series that I will have forgotten what happened at the end of the previous book, and then be completely lost at the start of the next. I admit, I had forgotten what happened at the end of book two. But it didn't really matter. It goes straight in and all of a sudden you're back with these familiar people in a familiar situation.

It's a mixture of fantasy and action, adventure, romance, and travel. There's elements of thriller, and bizarrely, it has a historical feel to it, even though it's not really historical, it's fantasy, but there were elements that I found I enjoyed that I normally find in historical novels.

I would have liked it to have started a bit faster. For the first sort of 40-45% of it, it's just talking and walking and sleeping, and whilst I understand that's important in the whole context of the book, for me, it felt like it went on just a bit too long without much happening. Halfway through things start happening and whilst that's good, I felt it needed a slightly quicker transition.

Whist I enjoyed all three books and it's definitely a series I would recommend, I think the first book was by far the best, and it sort of dwindled from there. They didn't get bad, no, nothing is bad about them, just for my taste, it peaked at book one and the rest have been trying to build this story around it and it never quite reached those heights again.

Some reviews had said there was a twist in the second half of the book and I was looking forward to hat it could be as I felt it needed something meaty. But when I got to what I assume was the twist, I was disappointed. It didn't feel like enough of a twist, more just something added in the hope it would make it a bit more thrilling.

I didn't gel with the characters as much in this book. They felt flat. There was nothing new about them, and they'd lost that thing that made them interesting.

It got better as it went on, I just with the final event had taken place a little earlier to keep me hooked.

I suppose, overall, for me, it had just lost its magic. Still good, and I'm still glad I read it, and it's still a fabulous series, but it just didn't have that same spark I had come to expect.

The third and final book in The Glacian Trilogy! I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews about this series and those reviews were accurate!

Adrik’s character arc is so fascinating in this one. Seeing someone so desperate that is makes them insane is so fun and captivating!

We also get to see some new POVs in this book.

We really get more into the politics and desperation behind the decisions of everyone in this book. And I LOVE that kind of thing.

The pacing can feel stop-and-start at times, but I can see how it makes sense with what’s going on in the story, I just wish it flowed a bit better. The beginning was especially slow, but then when it picked up, it PICKED UP! And it was non-stop action from there.

Ryon is so likable and I felt like that just increased with each book in this trilogy, and I really appreciate that kind of thing. And he has wings. And who doesn’t love that these days?!

And oh my goodness! The twists, the reveals! And the things done with those twists and reveals! The farther into the book I got, the higher the stakes, and the more those twists and reveals came into play.

Overall, a very fulfilling and satisfying ending to this trilogy. I SPED through this series! I would definitely recommend this trilogy to anyone looking for a fun and uniquely-located fantasy.

And that super ambiguous ending! I eat that stuff up!

The dedication in this book made my heart very happy.

Thank you to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion! My review is already up on Goodreads and my review on TikTok (Zoe_Lipman) will be up at the end of the month with my monthly wrap-up.

This was a great conclusion to a great series! If you loved the bridge kingdom. Then you will love this book! The romance was so perfect in this book!

I really like this world that Stacey McEwan created - a brilliant magic system and loving charcters. I had so much fun with the two first books, and was so happy when I got the ARC.
However, "Valley" was kind os slow and in the same time a lot happend - and sorry, but I did not like the ending...

What can I say.... this trilogy was beautiful, heartbreaking, action packed, devastating, and wrapped in a magnificent little bundle. It was everything. What a way to end this series and now I cry myself to sleep because it's over. This book was such a perfect ending to this incredibly epic trilogy. There are some amazing surprises (no spoilers here though!) in terms of what awaits everyone at the end of the chasm and where the villains end up and who turns to Dawsyn's side. Gah! I want to read all of these all over again as if I'm reading it for the first time. I didn't want this to end but it had to and Stacey did it beautifully. Could not recommend this trilogy enough especially for those that love the found family trope: Stacey does this with such ease and beauty. I fell in love with every side character, every single one. This book was perfection. No notes. You have a forever reader in me Stacey McEwan!

Thank you to NetGalley and Angry Robot for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this trilogy! This was the perfect conclusion. Did not see the twist coming! I definitely have recommended this series to friends and I can't wait to read Stacey's next series!

I was so excited to get this arc from netgalley.
It throws us right back into the story where it had left off.
I am going to try and do this without spoilers.
There is more action and the surprises just kept coming.
We learn a lot about the pool, more about how the characters connect and so much more than I ever imagined.
We lose people, some we love and some we hated but the with the losses so much more. The way it ended with the epilogue made the bitter sweet losses not hurt as much.
Thank you to Net Galley and Angry Robot for the arc and these thoughts and feelings are my own.

This is an amazing trilogy, the conclusion was beautiful and fitting, and I am so happy this exists.

I read an early copy courtesy of netgalley and angry robot publishers, thank you very much for that opportunity!

Dawsyn freed the people of the Ledge—and then she has to save them too. Ryon is perfect and also a sexy damsel in distress. Everyone else is unique and fun or sad but still worth caring about. Except the Queens, they are garbage people.

The amount of STRESS I experienced reading this was a little cruel. Honestly. But I was so invested, and anxious to see what happened. And the ending was surprising to me, but I think it was a charming choice and I really really like it. It fits.

As with this entire series, I LOVE THE WRITING. It feels aggressive and short and chunky but that’s what the story NEEDS and it sucked me in and I don’t know, man, it just really does something for me. Just, 10/10 on writing.

There are some spicy scenes that are more sensual than graphic and fit the story very well, I think they were perfect.

I am obsessed with this trilogy and this final book was no different! I thought it was wrapped up really well and everything came together in a satisfying conclusion with an epilogue I found so interesting as well. The FMC of the series is literally one of my favorite ever and it’s the perfect amount of action and romance and plot. Will recommend and be adding this third book to our library 100%!

Reading the final book in this series was fulfilling. Dawsyn has gone through so many lows, I wanted to see so many wins but that’s not what we see. They are trapped in the chasm and it just gets bad. On top of that, the ledge people are doubting Dawsyn and end up making a different decision. The start of the book was very slow paced, I wished we saw that part go faster but it was important to see them struggle even more. My surprise was having Yannes’ POV and Alvira’s POV as well as Cressida’s. It was quite the plot twist to see Yannes’ backstory and the big revelation come from it. As for the Queens’, I was glad to see how mad Alvira was and a redemption arc from Cressida.
Overall, Dawsyn and Ryon are still going strong and that’s all I needed to know. Ryon trying to make Dawsyn not become a martyr herself was a new one and I’m so glad she kept her promise.
The epilogue was a big mystery and I loved how abstract it was, i think the epilogue was my favorite thing.

Thank you NetGally and the publisher for providing me with a complimentary copy of this book and I'm delighted to share my honest thoughts - all opinions expressed are entirely my own.
I'm in awe of how the author has masterfully woven together so many intricate threads into a single, unforgettable book. The final chapter of this trilogy is a masterclass in storytelling, with the author saving the best for last. The conclusion is a beautifully crafted blend of emotional depth and satisfying resolution, leaving the reader spellbound and deeply fulfilled.
For sure Stacey McEwan's storytelling prowess is truly remarkable!

I was sent a copy of this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.....for a full review please see my Amazon and Goodreads accounts