Trying to figure out how to rate this one was tough.I loved Furyborn so much that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one, it’s sequel. But… disappointment seems like an apt term.
There were parts of this book that I really enjoyed. The characters truly come to life off of the page. Hardly any of them are likable but their struggle is so deeply sad that you cannot help but root for them just a little. Eliana continued to be the better half of the narration duo for me, though Kingsbane did split out into a few other perspectives from time to time. Rielle became so annoying that I could hardly stand to read her chapters (but that’s a personal opinion). I found my concern for anyone in the story waning as I read on.
Then the ending. I won’t spoil it. But suffice it to say that it was bad enough that I nearly didn’t even want to read the third and last book of the series. In fact, Lingbringer is sitting on my nightstand where it’s been for over a month now, bookmarked on page 30, waiting for me to get to it while watching me read 4 other books in the interim.
If you’re looking for a book with characters so morally grey their souls are practically charcoal and some oddly sexual angelic situations and scenes which tear your heart to pieces and never truly manage to put it back together again, Kingsbane is for you.
Q FOR KINGSBANE READERS: Who was your favorite character and why?
Author A. N. Horton 
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