The Court of Lightning

Rainbows, lightning, same dif.

I believe I’ve mentioned that I’m reading the MM Romance Group’s stories, and explained in too much detail what it is that I’m doing with the shorter stories. Well, I’m also reading the longer tales, and those, being longer, feel like they deserve their own entries.

This longer tale that I read was The Court of Lightning by Amy Rae Durreson. We already know that I love this author, and strongly encourage her to write more gay fantasy novels that I can absorb, so it should come as no surprise to anyone that I LOVED THIS STORY.

There’s a guy, and there’s another guy, and then there’s a few assumptions, and a romance–but more importantly than that there’s a prophecy, some tragedy, some hope for the future, a delicate espionage mission, at least one magic ring, a war to end the world, a pact with the gods, and some awesome fucking world building.

It’s got everything you need in there. Except maybe a sequel where they defeat all the bad guys and save the world. This was just the story of one battle in a long, long war.

But it was amazing, and I strongly suggest you put down whatever pathetic excuse for reading material you’re holding right now and go read this. I AM NOT KIDDING, GET A MOVE ON.