Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Rebecca Roanhorse
The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain.
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Actually a new obsession
Damn. I need the next one
Bleh never mind I'll borrow it. Why is book 2 ugly and why doesn't it match
0Things I liked:
I really fell in love with the relationship between Xiala and Serapio.
I love the world so much. The cultures were rich and fascinating. The Teek are so interesting I could use a whole book about them.
The themes of generational trauma, grudges, and violence begetting violence.
The cover!! Such a beautiful cover and I'm a sucker for good covers.
Things I didn’t like as much:
This one isn't entirely fair because yes this is my fault (like entirely my fault it clearly says book one) but I thought this was a stand alone so imagine my surprise when we get to the end and it’s just... over???? Ahhh please Rebecca don’t do this to me.
But actual things I didn't like as much:
Slow start. It picked up about a third of the way in, but was less engaging than I would have liked in the beginning for me personally.
I wish there was a bit more background on the political state of the world. We get a little, bit but not as much as I wanted to know. But now that I know it’s a series, it makes sense for this to set up something much bigger.
I felt like it was trying to do a lot with too many characters in too short of a time. I never quite got to feel the connection I was expecting with some the characters and for other ones it took a long time.
The ending felt too fast for all the buildup, but maybe that was the point. To leave you wanting more (which it def did)
Overall a really solid entry into this world and I’m excited for more. I think a lot of the issues I had with this first one could easily be solved with additional books in the series.
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