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Empty Nest
Alone, unarmed, and betrayed by the girl she loved...
Torn from her friends and family, Syline is taken to the insular kingdom of Ves'God, a land that fears and shuns witches like her. Her situation only gets worse when the town where she and Lauralee seek refuge is attacked by the brutal medvedukk.
But a greater danger festers beneath the streets, in mouldering darkness where corpses lie and the sun never reaches.
If she's ever going to make it home, Syline must confront the region's buried horrors, and put the ghosts of the past to the pyre.
Torn from her friends and family, Syline is taken to the insular kingdom of Ves'God, a land that fears and shuns witches like her. Her situation only gets worse when the town where she and Lauralee seek refuge is attacked by the brutal medvedukk.
But a greater danger festers beneath the streets, in mouldering darkness where corpses lie and the sun never reaches.
If she's ever going to make it home, Syline must confront the region's buried horrors, and put the ghosts of the past to the pyre.
635 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2026
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August 29, 2026
Given that the book is sorted oddly on goodreads, I'll link the two previous parts:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
On to the review:
I presume most people looking at this book will have read the previous two parts, so I won't go into details there. Suffice to say: the characters are still distinct and compelling, the choreography is still excellent. For anyone who read the first two books and enjoyed them, you'll probably enjoy this one too.
The first thing to note of this book is the length, being much longer than the previous two parts. This lets the book linger more on the quiet moments and it uses this to expand characterisation. It feels less action heavy, comparatively, than the previous books, focussing more on things like Syline's internal character growth, as well as being a continuation of the coming of age story that was started in book one.
It introduces a new part of the setting, expanding the world and its people, whilst also playing into folk horror elements. How the characters (new and old) deal with this is, naturally, the main portion of the book, alongside the subplot that gets set in motion from the end of book two. The length of the book is very noticeable here, as it means time and care can be taken to develop and deal with a lot of interconnected plot threads without rushing. This lends itself to slower pacing and, in some ways, sets a darker emotional tone.
Overall it's an excellent continuation from book two, and its combination of pacing and characterisation makes it, to me, my favourite part of the series yet.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
On to the review:
I presume most people looking at this book will have read the previous two parts, so I won't go into details there. Suffice to say: the characters are still distinct and compelling, the choreography is still excellent. For anyone who read the first two books and enjoyed them, you'll probably enjoy this one too.
The first thing to note of this book is the length, being much longer than the previous two parts. This lets the book linger more on the quiet moments and it uses this to expand characterisation. It feels less action heavy, comparatively, than the previous books, focussing more on things like Syline's internal character growth, as well as being a continuation of the coming of age story that was started in book one.
It introduces a new part of the setting, expanding the world and its people, whilst also playing into folk horror elements. How the characters (new and old) deal with this is, naturally, the main portion of the book, alongside the subplot that gets set in motion from the end of book two. The length of the book is very noticeable here, as it means time and care can be taken to develop and deal with a lot of interconnected plot threads without rushing. This lends itself to slower pacing and, in some ways, sets a darker emotional tone.
Overall it's an excellent continuation from book two, and its combination of pacing and characterisation makes it, to me, my favourite part of the series yet.
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