The Light Bringer – EternityFae

by Janie Marie

My Ratings

Plot – ★★★★☆
Character Development – ★★★★★
World Building – ★★★★☆
Editing – ★★★☆☆
Enjoyment – ★★★★★

Summary

Some souls should never be parted.
Do so, and there are only two outcomes: they wither and die or they lay waste to the world.

With the Final Battle drawing near, the love, honor, and duty of all will be tested.
Rules will be broken and alliance will shift as the lines between Heaven and Hell are blurred, crossed, and ignored.

Discovering one’s true loyalty will no longer be as simple as it once seemed.
Every secret will be told, every lie will be uncovered, and every question that could possibly be asked will come to light in the wake of blood and death.

Note: This book contains details of sexual, emotional, and mental abuse. The author herself has added trigger warnings for abuses, violence, and controversial themes.
My reviews may contain small spoilers that outline the plot rather than divulge the full story.

The Review

To say this trilogy became an emotional roller-coaster is not an apt description. These books have torn me down and made me cry, then made me laugh through the tears and break a little more before rebuilding my broken heart.

It took me four days to get through the first two books (Gods & Monsters and The Fallen Queen) but took four days total for this one. This is mostly because I wasn’t ready for the story to end and wanted to drag it out as long as possible. I’m despondent that it is over.

After Lucifer stole her darkness and hands Jane to Death, we are pulled into Light Bringer to find Jane is home with David, where she feels happy and loved, but this is short-lived as she reveals details of her time spent in Hell. Unable to process his emotions, David leaves the kingdom, leaves Jane.

Unwilling to watch her deteriorate into herself again, her Angel of Death bestows a gift for her in the form of an old face from her childhood. Yet, even that bittersweet moment is ruined when all hell breaks loose around the reunion. Once again, Jane is forced to pick up her sword and fight, only now without her dark abilities.

Trust me, Sweet Jane, he loved you fiercely.
He simply lost his way.
He forgot all he had to do was look up from the haze of his routine and see you shining.

The first great fight of The Light Bringer is, in my opinion, the unholy version of the Game Of Thrones ‘Battle of the Bastards’. I was entirely unable to stop reading, my adrenaline pumping and giving a lot of Atta-Girl‘s while also falling desperately for the Angel of Death myself.

Janie Marie‘s mid-battle introduction of new players plus the decimation of older ones left me with just one thought – How am I going to pull through when I finish this trilogy? The answer to that was ice cream. Seriously.

Usually, the ‘big reveals’ are put into the last 20 or so pages in most books, but not in The Light Bringer. The answer to all the questions, the revelations, and the reason behind so much heartache for Jane took up the last 30% and during the final battle with darkness.

Admittedly, it took me a while to get my head around so much information; Janie Marie leaves quite a bit of room for the reader to absorb and make sense of. The only complaint I have with the ending is the time leaps themselves. I’m not sure if it’s to do with my copy (even though it was through Kindle Unlimited itself), but there’s minimal formatting to show where one encounter ends and the next begins. Not even a paragraph break in some cases. I don’t fault the author, but the proofreaders and editor should have noted this before publication.

Even when you do get lost in darkness, which I know is your pain and past, you are meant to conquer it.
You may not be able to now, but I have faith in you. I believe only one who has experienced the darkest of nights can find the strength to turn night into day.

To summarize this entire journey with Jane, I definitely recommend that everyone grabs a copy of this set of books. The story is compelling, relatable for some, and the cover artwork by Thander Lin is to die for. So much so that I have it set as my current phone background.

Where to buy

It can be purchased digitally in the Kindle Store or in paperback.
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