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Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)

Alex Aster

Start date: June 1, 2025

Finish date: June 30, 2025

Discussion: Series

Why we're reading this: Won the new series poll for June.
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Aug 29, 2023 Susan rated it it was amazing

REREAD 3/13/25
I had to reread this book to try to remember what it was about. When I first read Light lark I was flying back and forth to Las Vegas from Reno. We lived in Las Vegas my whole life so 57 years (we moved to Reno in 4/1/20203. We have 7 kids and 12 grandkids and we left half our kids in Vegas. I would go for 2 to 6 weeks at a time to help my 2nd oldest. He and his wife worked nights and therefore had no one to watch their 4 children. Anyway I was in Vegas at the time and things were REREAD 3/13/25
I had to reread this book to try to remember what it was about. When I first read Light lark I was flying back and forth to Las Vegas from Reno. We lived in Las Vegas my whole life so 57 years (we moved to Reno in 4/1/20203. We have 7 kids and 12 grandkids and we left half our kids in Vegas. I would go for 2 to 6 weeks at a time to help my 2nd oldest. He and his wife worked nights and therefore had no one to watch their 4 children. Anyway I was in Vegas at the time and things were just pure chaos which is why I didn't remember one thing from this book.

As I started my reread a few things came back to me but mainly I remembered nothing and I really didn't remember that ending. I still think this book deserves the 5 stars I gave it initially so that won't change.

I loved Isla the ruler of the Wildlings and Grim I think was my favorite of the 2 men that were seeking Isla out. The betrayal in this book I hadn't remember and loved that it felt new to me.

I've never heard of this book before and I loved it so much more than I thought I would 💜

It's a great fantasy story with each of the world's have one ruler. Each of the world's have their own magic systems and the rulers magic is stronger then everyone else's in that world. There are Starlings, Moonlings, Sunlings, Nightshade and Wildlings. The Nightshades can't come out at night or they'll die. The Sunlings can't come out when the sun comes up or they'll burst into flames.

The ruler of the Wildlings is Isla and she was born with no powers which is very odd for that to happen. The king is Oro and he rules over all the kingdoms but is the sole ruler of the Sunlings. Grim is the ruler of Nightshade and he can fade into the shadows among other powers.

There are some twists and turn in this book that were so amazing. It really made this book as great as it was. I love the magic system in this book. I loved the lies that were told to Isla and how they were unraveled and what we discovered as the lies were uncovered.

I highly recommend this book to anyone that loves fantasy or is new to fantasy. It would be a great book to start your journey in discovering the fun of reading fantasy. ...more

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