A Touch of Light (The Ashes of Avarin, #1)

by Thiago Abdalla

Myrra was gone.

Hmmmm

Slower, this time.

Love watching good characters descend into tje dark depths

They almost made you forget that fear is the true ruler of the battlefield. No one ever sings about the screams; no one tells you how they’ll echo in your mind.

Good line

“He’ll spread it—taint the city!”

Nothing is as fun as a frenzied mob

“Where’s your mount?”

That's what I've been wondering

The winged shadow of a griffin slowly formed in the settling dust.

There he is. Finally

The Sentinel riding it was lean,

Oh, so a different one. Well, at least I get to see a griffin

but the voices were laughing, making it impossible to concentrate.

You're never truly alone when you have voices in your head

“What?”

What?? 👀

Wars are never started by reasonable minds thinking things out.

True

“I thought the Earth was supposed to protect the clans. What happened?”

👀

but the hope that one of those shadows might be him seemed foolish.

I'm curious to know why

Then the shadows began to move.

😱

The dead skin was stitched so close the face seemed real: Myrra was staring back at him with a savage smile and a wicked-looking

Oh no

Lynn dashed towards Leardin, but a man and a woman stood in her path.

Is Lynn going to meet up with Adrian?

hand, and placed her neck on the edge of her blade.

Queen

the Legion—and

Ahhhh! They're going to meet??

That’s the thing about light. All you need is a touch to see the horrors lurking in the dark.

Oh, there's the title

he is to be believed. Enough to drain more life from the Earth than any man ever should,”

Oohhh. The ruin-stone?

Another necessary sacrifice.”

Ooooh the plot thickens

Burnham

My man Burnham

Adrian coughed, trying to get the sweetness out of his lungs.

Hmmmm. Sounds like drugs

Her voice drifted away, and her footsteps receded into the palace while Adrian slowly regained his breath with new appreciation for the warm air around him.

Well that was a cool scene

anything for a horse right now.

Liking the horse now, are we

“You . . . you betrayed Derren?” Adrian rasped.

Another betrayal gasp

He slammed the door behind him and collapsed onto the ground of his chamber.

He's just not having a fun time getting poisoned again

image of Derren:

Aw, not Derren

Derren’s death

😢

Vedyr. Three times her size, with a massive eagle’s head and feathers going down his neck, changing into fur along his feline body and leading to a long tail with a mace-like cluster at the end—just

Yesssss! There he is

The rookery was a circular room atop the tallest of the fortress’s towers.

I was about to ask how large the rookery was

with the thunder of thousands of bloodthirsty foes shattering the ground.

Whats the reason they don't bring the Griffins in to crush all this?

The shriek of the griffins pierced the clouds as they bore down like great rocks from above, crashing into the enemy ranks,

Ah, there they are

The Sentinels were still in the woods, hunting for siege engines, pulled away by a lesser threat while the true weapon

Oh no

The scythe went into his chin and through his skull, lifting him off the ground.

☠️

It was thick bodied and blooming, its deep-blue flowers pumping a sweet scent into the

So pretty Hope nothing bad happens to it

Lashki trees, but they were supposed to grow far to the north, in Azur and beyond.

Ah, these flowers

They’re not all mad.

This story keeps gut punching me

The Madness was manufactured.

👀👀👀👀

cutting a deep gash in the wood that sent out alarmed cries from the crew.

Yeeeeaaahhhh!

Durnn had fallen.

This has been my favorite chapter

blood holds ties.

If i had a nickle for everytime thid was said I could afford the physical copy of this book

called blood wine,

Hmmm. Wouldnt drink that. Not with this book's track record of blood

Her hand flew to her chest, and she staggered back on the steps.

Oh no

hopeless looks and reddening eyes locked onto Adrian.

Oh noooooo

Kahlia’s eyes and blackened, pooling on the surrounding skin.

I knew it