re-record After the brilliance of iron gold and dark age for them to just go with one voice actor is very disappointing. He laughed when I told him my favorite character was Sevro (who deserves more love than he gets and I will defend him to the end! Light Bringer is still able to deliver a lot of emotional punches and the reader curled in a ball of tears.

As always, much applause for TGR as he is able to convey such intricate dialogue with heartfelt emotion- or purposeful lack there of. I swear i lost 5 years off my life due to gut wrenching anxiety this whole book waiting for the shoe to drop. Brown does not let us breathe after the events of Dark Age and the stakes somehow become even higher.By bringing Light Bringer into existence, Brown has everlastingly carved his name into the archives of science fiction history as one of the greatest sci-fi authors of all time.

However, with how big of a reveal it was in Dark Age I expected it to be addressed more in this installment. It never feels like work to do a second read of the series from the beginning, and honestly speaking, I am glad I did that before reading Light Bringer. This book didn't have me constantly at the edge of my seat and full of stress like Dark Age, maybe because I wasn't fearing for people's lives as much (my mistake). Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing!

Brown found his stride with Lyria’s POV in Light Bringer in large part due to her having a more interesting part of the story to tell.

Her character has always been a compelling part of the series so to see a major piece of this story through her eyes was so satisfying. It's also where he decided to introduce a whole new element to the story that I felt came out of left field, but I'll allow it.After a solid first outing in Red Rising, I felt the series has generally been on a consistent upward trajectory. Pierce stated he wrote have approx 70 pages of a Sevro POV, going in a few different directions, which he may release pieces of later, but they will not be canon There were also a bunch of different prologues which were them all scrapped. The prose is excellent, the action is top-notch, I loved the directions that most of the characters are going and I’m dying to read the conclusion to the series with Red God.