What a great way to end 2021 ~ catapulted back in time in a historical fantasy!
When I moved on to this book, I thought I was going to read a sequel to 'The First Girl Child' but it's NOT a sequel. 'The Second Blind Son' was written in conjunction with the former book. The timeline is the same, the events that unfold are the same, it's just told from different POV's. It's almost as if the author wrote one incredible story, decided it was too big of a tome and too awesome to be edited down, so she separated out these characters, and voila ~ book two! Although to clarify, that's not what she said in the authors note.
I did not mind being back in Saylok and reliving all the memorable events. Hod & Ghisla's story was definitely worth investing time in and easy to see why Ms Harmon wanted to tell it. I downgraded the stars from 5 to 4 just because so much was repetitive.
Both books are wonderful reads tho and highly recommended.
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