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Rotted
383 pages, Paperback
Published November 10, 2025
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December 23, 2025
The Velgon series shifts from Elura to her sister Anarhi in this book and I loved it. Filled with rot from her experiences in Rooted, Anarhi bonds with it and pursues an investigation into the silent dead, unearthing a plot that undermines the Celestial Kingdom and Velgon as a whole. Quincy's fate solidifies, Remmerick becomes likeable against all odds, Perrivia is just a badass, and Calithia does not sit by as an idle princess. Getting to the meat of the story, as in the first, is the pursuit of relics that have ensnared various spirits in a race I compared mentally to Thanos trying to recover the Infinity Stones, though they work a bit differently. Some spirits are released but the rest remain in limbo, gathered by the big bad evil.
The story is a fantastic romp with snappy dialogue, fantastic relationships, and a lot of forward momentum. I admit I read this in snippets over the last month and have some mental fog so some of it on my end felt disjointed or like I was missing something at times but the narrative carried enough information for me to pick back up after a week or two of not reading. My only actual (niggling) complaint is the use of multiple different "nicknames" for characters, often within the same chapter by the same person (example, "Perriva/Pear/Perri"). This doesn't drag the narrative in any way, just a distraction to me that could have been avoided with some consistency.
There is some spice but it's few and far between, sometimes in periods of high tension. The love and care the characters have feels genuine and it comes through beautifully in their interactions and devotion to each other. I want all the characters to succeed in their endeavours and in their relationships.
Anarhi is the main character, and she bonds with the entity Ur'ej, a being of rot and the Putresence on her way to becoming Lady Decay. Her shift from "damsel in distress" in Rooted to empowered and something other than human is a wonder to behold. What they do together at the climax of Rotted sets up a potentially amazing showdown in the next book and I can't wait to see what comes next.
The story is a fantastic romp with snappy dialogue, fantastic relationships, and a lot of forward momentum. I admit I read this in snippets over the last month and have some mental fog so some of it on my end felt disjointed or like I was missing something at times but the narrative carried enough information for me to pick back up after a week or two of not reading. My only actual (niggling) complaint is the use of multiple different "nicknames" for characters, often within the same chapter by the same person (example, "Perriva/Pear/Perri"). This doesn't drag the narrative in any way, just a distraction to me that could have been avoided with some consistency.
There is some spice but it's few and far between, sometimes in periods of high tension. The love and care the characters have feels genuine and it comes through beautifully in their interactions and devotion to each other. I want all the characters to succeed in their endeavours and in their relationships.
Anarhi is the main character, and she bonds with the entity Ur'ej, a being of rot and the Putresence on her way to becoming Lady Decay. Her shift from "damsel in distress" in Rooted to empowered and something other than human is a wonder to behold. What they do together at the climax of Rotted sets up a potentially amazing showdown in the next book and I can't wait to see what comes next.
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