This electrifying high fantasy series has captivated readers. This three-novel boxed set contains Sworn To Secrecy: Courtlight #4, Sworn To Defiance: Courtlight #5, and Sworn To Ascension: Courtlight #6 and totals over 230,000 words.
Sworn To Secrecy
In the heart of the Imperial Court, Ciardis Weathervane knows that death is coming for the empire. With her friends by her side and the new triad of Weathervanes, she's in a race against time to convince the court of the same.
She must do her best to unite kith, mages, nobles and merchants under one cause - the fight to prevent a war. Soon she is forced to keep a secret that could exonerate her mother of the Empress's death, and is always one move away from stepping into diplomatic chaos.
Throw in a daemoni prince who is showing interest in the youngest Weathervane, a jealous prince heir, and a irritated dragon with her own designs on Ciardis, and you have an imperial court in turmoil.
Sworn To Defiance
Ciardis Weathervane returned to the imperial court of Sandrin to unite her foes. But her efforts hit a stumbling block. The imperial kind. She never thought that before rallying an empire, she'd have to fight the emperor himself.
An imposter sits the throne and the court she turned to for help is in turmoil. Ciardis hasn't survived assassination attempts, torture and really bad luck to be taken down by her own ruler. So she devises a plan. But first she needs to get Sebastian and Thanar to agree. Each seems to love her in their own way. But neither is listening to her. Pushing them to put aside their differences, in an effort to ward off catastrophe, might be harder than displacing an emperor who would do anything to keep his throne.
Butting heads at court isn't Ciardis's only problem. With the princess heir's threat looming she is forced to travel to the mythical city of Kifar, where it is up to her small group to stop the destruction of the entire city while heading a rebellion that could foment a revolution. It wouldn't be the first revolution that Algardis has ever known. But with Ciardis Weathervane at its head--it would certainly be the last.
Sworn To Ascension
Ciardis Weathervane is officially engaged to one man and bonded to a second. She should be planning the wedding ceremony, bearding the nobles of the imperial court in their dens, and exposing an imposter emperor. Instead she's spending her engagement on the lawless road to the western lands.
Now with the help of a guide from a tribe of seers, Ciardis is traveling to the ancient city of Kifar. Rumored to hold the only device capable of stopping the blutgott, Ciardis, Sebastian and Thanar must break a half-century's old quarantine in order to enter the fabled city.
But the collar of Diamis is not the only thing they seek. The princess heir's pet wyvern lurks in wait for them and the emperor, who has done everything short of challenging the new triad of Algardis outright, wants its head on a platter upon their return.
If the unscrupulous bandits don't make short work of them, Ciardis knows that when they return she and Sebastian will have to a face and unmask the man who has stolen the imperial throne. The only question that remains...will that be before or after they're forced to battle a god?
the story is good in the series but it only needed a couple of books. all the books cut off in Strange places. also it takes forever to get to the end of a scene. all of the writing is long winded and you have to skip chapters to get to another section or you will get bored. I kept reading because I wanted to know what happens but I just can't get excited about continuing the book
This is the second set of the Courtlight saga, following Ciardis Weathervane and her companions to the far reaches of the Algardis Empire. I've pretty much marathoned this whole series up to date and on the whole I'm really enjoying it. I find I'm strictly team Sebastian however, Thanar hasn't done anything so far that I can see to warrant Ciardis' affections, let alone trust. The story moves along at a decent pace, however I feel this is true only because I've read all 6 in one go. I think the flow of the story is better that way, however that is just my opinion.
Now the wait is on for the next book, I am curious to see what happens to Ciardis and her companions in Kifar, and to find out what the dragons' stake in this whole thing is.
Incredibly uneven writing, characterization, and plotting. I have no desire to finish this series, for several reasons: 1. Plot threads that go nowhere. 2. Every single character becomes more and more unlikeable as the series goes on. I don't want a book full of Mary Sues, but how can I enjoy a book when I can't empathize with a single character? 3. Plot holes. 4. Misspelled, misused words are littered everywhere. 5. It's just *boring*! The author goes on for paragraphs about Ciardis' inner thoughts and dramas, which would be fine if they had any bearing on the plot, but they rarely do. It's incredibly tedious.
I loved these 3 books in the series more than the 1st 3, for a few reasons. The characters are obviously more developed, you feel you know them more and with the addition of some new species and interesting personalities there are areas that move along quicker than before which I enjoyed. My only disappointment with this was that I didn't realise the set wasn't complete and I need to wait for book 7 to read some more, which I can't wait for. Again, another set I would definitely recommend.
I have really enjoyed the story within these books, and it has kept me needing to know more, but the editing is just awful. Missing articles, lack of parallelism, and other errors like “think” instead of “thing” often jerk your attention out of the story and keep me from being able to give 5 stars.
Good world building, good character building, good plot. So why does it only get 2 stars? Because someone who is making their living with words should know them, understand them, and use them correctly.
Homonyms. Words that sound the same or very similar, but have different, often very different meanings. Affect/effect, phase/faze, accept/except, allude/elude, none of those paired words mean the same thing. When the wrong word is used, the entire sentence falls apart and you are thrown out of the story. Using the wrong tense on verbs. 'If they haven't done that, this wouldn't have happened.'. An eighth grader should have better grammar than this, and again the story grinds to a halt while you try to figure out what it was supposed to mean. Spelling errors that render a sentence incomprehensible. 'Oh course.'. WTF. I realize that nobody wants to pay an editor these days, but if that's the case, either purchase a program that can do it, or ask someone you know has a better grasp of the language to read through it for you. I'm not a grammar Nazi, but just as I expect a meal I pay for to be properly prepared, I expect any book I pay for to be properly written, without mangling the language. I have been finding far more I stories I enjoy in the Indie world than from commercial sources, (which has also been having some editing/language usage issues), but this constant abuse of the language has got to stop.
Why did I bother to write all this out? Because I really am hoping Ms Edun will step up her game, so I can enjoy her books without the constant interruptions of language abuse. Those abuses cost this review 2 stars.
''Perhaps she just doesn't feel the situation warrants her much danger.''
I feel invested in the overall story but the general whining and irritating level of secrecy that all of the characters subscribe to is just infuriating. I get that they're all meant to be secretive to a point but add all of the half assed explanations for EVERYTHING (which is clearly just padding to draw this whole story line out for as long as possible) to the whining and the characters mercurial moods, on top of the horrid grammatical errors (everything from not capitalizing names, to incorrect spelling, word choice, and tense, to just straight leaving out words) and it's enough to make you want to scream.
I *want* to know what happens to Ciardis. I love how much she's grown and I want to see her grow more (because she's clearly not there yet!) I want to see Sebastian grow the f*ck up and step up for Ciardis and his empire. I want to see Thanar grow a heart like the Grinch. I love Terris and Meres. I couldn't wait to pick up the third boxed set but honestly I'm now debating whether or not to continue the series because it's all just getting beyond annoying.
What I'd really love to see is a more concise, less secretive, less whiney version, better (actually?) edited version of this entire series.
I had more issues with this set than first set. My first real issue arrived in book 5. I get the need to catch new readers up, but continuously using the inner monologue of the lead character repeatedly to go over what happened in the last 4 books is beyond redundant. More often than not I found myself wishing there was less inner monologuing in general. Unfortunately I also noticed a distinct lack of editing that became more apparent as I moved into the last book of this box set. Incomplete sentences, dropped words, misused words. I’m not sure what happened to let some of the more egregious editing errors through but it was enough to make me put the book down for several days.
While I have the remaining books available to read curtesy of my sibling, I am going to hold off on reading any further.
As I re-read this series almost after a year, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself.
It's not only a pleasure to meet Ciardis again, It's amazing to join her again on a magical adventure of a lifetime.
One of Edun's strengths is that she pulls her readers into her stories. I could feel Ciardis's love, anger, frustration, fear, success and so much more. Her eyes became mine as we went on this journey once again.
Thanar & Sebastian have become so much more than what they were. From a sniveling unsure prince to someone who can command respect and loyalty, we see Sebastian growing up. Thanar the dark prince also has a sarcastic dark humanity, who would have thought so.
A truly amazing series. It seems as fresh as it did in 2017-2018.
I highly recommend this box set of books books four five and six of Court light series picks up right from the first three and thickens the multi-layer plot. As the plot thickens new characters and old become more detailed and realistic as their emotions are put forth in a relatable way by the author Terah Edun. My only complaint is of the abrupt ending of book 6 and how it did not feel like a natural end to the story.
As the series goes along the ratings drop. The poor editing on the series will continue to slap you in the face.
However, as a whole the second set of books is as good as the first set, and is really worth regarding as one book with three sections. The action doesn't slow down, and it will appear as though you miss a few turns here and there. There is by no means much depth here. The characters aren't fleshed out, and will at times feel like you are dealing with petulant children.
I enjoyed the first three books, which is why I put the next trio on my TBR list. Honestly, I either forgot or it intensified: cliffhanger endings absolutely suck. Also, I was underwhelmed by Ciardis as she got involved in my most-loathed of devices: a love triangle. She, Thanar and Sebastian all put their bitchy pants on and stopped talking to each other about anything useful. Thanar and Sebastian know all about this soulbond shit, yet she's having to dig information out of Christian and getting out-of-whack, because those two asshats are manipulative, jealous asshats who don't know how to communicate like adults.
I haven't even addressed her powers, her mother, the emperor, the side characters or anything else.
There was a cliffhanger at the end of the 6th book, but fuck that. I'm not at ALL interested in anything else to do with this story.
While an interesting fantasy series, this second box set wasn't as fast paced as the first. If you love magic and fantasy, The Weathervane's are definitely the characters to meet!
Ok. So I had these free for signing up to a newsletter and seeing as the first 3 were free, I felt a little guilty for not giving the first ones a good review. I have to say, books 4-6 did get better. The story picked up and I started interacting more with the characters. I loved the love/hate relationship between Thanar and Ciardis. Like others, I did notice grammar/spelling, but its common it seems in many kindle books so it didn't bother me too much. I did look at the last 3 books, but on review, the previous stories seemed to be stretched out to make them as long as possible, shown in the prices for the last 3 in the series. And £4.99 each, for just less than a lot of paperbacks is a lot for a kindle book, it just didn't hold my interest enough. I would happily have paid less and had shorter books. And believe me, I like long books. But it has to flow and these just felt like they had been padded to make them long. I know Authors have to eat and I like supporting them, but this time I couldn't. Perhaps less freebies would help? There were a lot of inner conversations, spanning several pages at inappropriate times. Oh yes your life is on the line, but its ok, cos we have 6 pages of how you regret this and that and the other. I could almost see the threat sat there telling her to take her time and they would wait. Its a shame.
Hmm...what to say. Terah still doesn't have a good editor in these books - there were still spelling errors in the book and random changes of pronoun that sometimes made it difficult to follow (hint: fixing this would make my opinion change from 4 stars to 5 stars!)
I put the bad stuff first because to be quite honest...I loved this set! I really can't wait for the next one. Watching Ciardis grow from being kind of annoyingly teenage to a more thoughtful adult has been lovely - and watching the boys squirm over her is rather amusing. I like that she's getting to a point where she doesn't necessarily think about it as a "love triangle" and moreso trying to deal with her own emotions and feelings and how they can be manipulated in a situation. And the fact that her thoughts are moving towards not just bumbling from one situation to another but into strategy is making the books much more pleasant to read, as the action isn't carrying the story onward but enhancing the story instead.
My only question (besides what happens next!) is that I wonder how to say her name? Its very pretty.
It's a great series. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes magic and adventure. The plot seems to move along quickly but the relationship factor develops a little slowly. There are a few things that the author wrote to move it along (like demanding a foot massage -- you'll know when you see it) but the author never capitalizes on it. It happens a few times, like with apologies or interrupted conversations that are never finished. Also there are a few grammatical errors but if I could get past them they weren't too bad. And it's not a big deal but it knowing how to pronounce the main character's name can be a hurdle. Overall the series is great, there's magic with a little romance mixed in (which I'd like to see developed a little more) and political upheaval. Something for everyone.
I decided to purchase the next 3 books in this series because it felt like things were finally coming together by the end of book 3. While there was still a lot of mystery, the heroes had a quest & the girl could finally build up her relationships with her boys. Unfortunately, because the plot is so dense there was a lot of rehashing of plot points & a lot of Ciareg (sp) thinking. I think these three books took place over maybe a week? She never really gets to build a relationship with her newly discovered mother or brother & she never gets any good scenes to solidify her connection to Sebastian, or her interest in Tharan.
While I enjoy other works by this author, I will not be continuing on with this series.
I definitely like the story. There's a bit too much puerile bickering in the 6th book. It doesn't move along as fast as 1-3. And help me but please where was the editor for story consistency and grammar? Ending as sentence with a preposition, using the wrong spelling for a word ("affect" when "effect" was called for), incorrect use of adverbs and some other general ridiculousness which has crept into the American use of English, all show up. I think 4-6 might have been rushed to press too fast. 1-3 have better grammar. 6 was too slow. I think it could have been meshed into 4 and 5. All that said, it's a good story. It better tight n up in 7 or I am through though.
I have read books 1-6. I would have given the stories a 5 star had there not been so many grammar issues. The stories themselves are worth reading. The main character, Ciaradis has some fairly complicated issues to work out. There is action at every turn .... I'd say if it weren't for bad luck, the fearless group would have no luck at all. The humor in these stories are fun, the characters are great and I have found that I can relate to each and everyone of them. To me that means the author has brought them all to life and made them seem real. If you can get past the grammar issues (where is the editor?) then I say jump in and enjoy the read!
I like these books enough to be willing to pay to read the rest of the series. Fast paced and surprising twists keep me from wanting to do anything but read the next page to see what happens.
I fell in love with the characters! The way the story is told in such detail is great! Makes me feel like I'm there. However with the series being so long I have to take breaks from it or I start to bored.
I loved the twist and turns the series took me through but I am impatient and like any other book I've read there were times it got a bit boring but just as you're about to put the book down she draws you back in with another plot twist
This box set picks up where the first one left us. The Courtlight series has kept me intrigued and totally involved in the characters. I am looking forward to completely finishing the series.
Books 4-6 were wonderful just like the fast 3. My only complain would be that there are typos. Otherwise I love the series and plan to continue reading.