Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)
Aiden Thomas
Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsidian gods have been released from their prison, and now chaos and destruction are wreaking havoc on Reino del Sol. All because Teo refused to sacrifice a fellow semidiose during the Sunbearer Trials. With the world plunged into perpetual night, Teo, Aurelio and Niya must journey to the dark wilderness of Los Restos, battling vicious monsters while dealing with guilt, trauma, and a (very distracting) burgeoning romance between Teo and Aurelio. Once more racing against the clock, the trio are determined to rescue the captured semidioses and retrieve the Sol Stone. With it, Sol and their protective light can return and order can be restored. Now the future of the whole world is in their hands.
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there‘s just so much wandering and fighting and not much else somehow
0Lovely YA fantasy based on Mesoamerican mythology. Includes a variety of queer and gender identity representation. Fun time, would happily recommend to target age demographic.
0I loved the characters of course, Niya is still best girl and her dialogue with other characters was still on point. The character growth and their emotions did come through really nicely as well. The new additions didn't feel too much or too overwhelming, they all had their places. Honestly, don't really have much issue with the characters!
The plot is where it starts to fall apart though. For such a large book, larger than the first one, there really isn't that much that happens. It's a bit like Tom Cardy's lord of the rings song... Most of the plot happens in the last 15% ish, and the ending is good.. but somehow feels a little rushed at the same time. A lot is told, a lot just seems to work out first try without really any planning and things just go a bit too well. It's all a bit convenient.
As for pacing, it was both very slow, but then in that ending bit super fast. There was odd bits of action thrown in, and a couple interesting character moments, but otherwise they where just walking.
The creativity and brightness from book 1 is gone, and while yes that's partially due to how different the plot is, I still want to get more of a sense of the world. The apocalypse only *just* happened! Society hasn't fully collapsed yet!! Most of what we see is honestly just.... Societies that have existed like that for ages and haven't really changed from the apocalypse.
I think, book 1 is still absolutely worth reading, but don't expect this to be on the same level. The cliffhanger from book 1 is too brutal to just leave on so I guess it's a catch 22 aha..
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