Nightbane is an action-packed fiction book written solely by Alex Aster that follows the secondary of the Lightlark saga. It is also a romance novel that continues to follow the same characters from the first book. After breaking the forsaken curse in the last series, Isla is stuck getting ready for an inevitable war as she attempts to get over the betrayal of her closest friend and past lover. Her memory is gradually returning, intensifying the pain of losing her loved ones, who, while never truly gone, were also never who they seemed. Grim is plunged straight into desperate obsession following the rejection of Isla in the first book. He offers a simple solution, he ends the war once Isla returns to him. I can see how Isla’s internal struggle forces her to choose between herself and her people, developing the theme of how the past affects the present. His offer hangs over her head yet she and Oro know there is no way she can accept this. Despite her being unable to take the easy way out she finds herself thinking of accepting. The past plagues her mind like the curse that previously plagued her land. We follow her internal struggle while she works to ready herself for fighting who she used to love so dearly. Her feelings resurfacing for Grim despite her new lover and hatred for the man. Nightbane was incredibly interesting and memorable, throughout the entire novel I found myself unable to put the book down and reading far more than 20 minutes a day. The way Aster writes allows us to easily become attached to the characters and relationships in this beloved series. I agree with how people regularly revolve around their past. They keep looking behind themselves when they should be focusing on their future, and what they can change, not what they can not. Though it may sound easy in retrospect, Isla demonstrates the challenges of completely going against her entire past life. This book changed my perspective on how we view our past. We should not completely ignore it, but we also should not dwell so heavily on it that it dictates all our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to readers who enjoyed Lightlark previously though I believe this book is aimed towards readers over fifteen.
Word Count: 392
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