Every step of their journey has brought Kate and Venn to new mysteries. Every answer led to new questions. Every victory to a new troubling problems.

In Lastlight, they have one more chance to figure out the truth behind the events of the White Wood, solve the riddle of Renault’s cursed ravine, and finally open the aenigma box,

Half treasure hunt and half rescue mission, this epic fantasy adventure is a tale of puzzles, mysteries, and the kinds of friendships—both old and new—that shape the soul.

Lastlight is Book 3 of the Aenigma Lights trilogy.

I read Runelight and Mistlight last year and had bugged the author about having to wait a whole year for this one. And yet, it took me more than a month after release to actually read it. I would say this one’s been on my TBR before it was released because damn, this whole series have been awesome!

Lastlight starts where Mistlight leaves off, with the box in the hands of Naevys, the former queen of the White Wood and the warden, Faron the new King of White Wood and Kate and Venn and their company once again helpless.

But Kate is not going to give up on the box, not when her brothers’ lives depend on it, but first they have to find Naevys and what she wants with the box. They have to discover why the queen is so obsessed with Renault, with the ravine, and why she’s going to such lengths.

The answers may cost them more than they can afford to pay, however.

As with the last two books, this one continues the adventure while deepening the mystery. I’m awed at the author’s imagination, and I loved the discourse on hope in the pages. Kate is perhaps the most flawed of the author’s protagonists, and there were times when I felt sharp with annoyance at some of Kate’s decisions. Times when I felt she was being purposely obtuse about things everyone else could see, but all the same, she remains an extremely relatable and real character.

Characterisation and worldbuilding are the top strengths of this book, and I’m a person who loves character driven stories and character development. Even the side characters come across as real people in this, and I loved how Faron has grown. I started to like him in this.

Kate and her found family of Venn, Silas, Tribal, Croftus, and Fix get into one scrape after another, each more dangerous than the last. And if in the process, Kate discovers things about herself that are less than palatable, that’s what growth is all about.

While I enjoyed the book a lot, the final chapters seemed a bit too stretched out, after the big climax. That’s not a criticism, just a personal preference for the story to end asap once the big bad is dealt with.

If you love epic fantasy adventures with a dose of mystery and found family, you will love this book.

You can find the book here.

You can find my review of Runelight here and my review of Mistlight here