Crowntide by Alex Aster
Lightlark #4
Release Date: 12-02-2025
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 2/5
Plot: 4/5
Primary Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance
Blurb: The highly anticipated fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster
Some worlds deserve to be destroyed . . .
Isla Crown has charted a new destiny and leapt into the unknown, determined to defeat her insidious ancestor, Lark, no matter the cost. But Skyshade is nothing like she anticipated, and she’ll have to use all of her skills just to survive, let alone end Lark for good.
Meanwhile, Grim and Oro would sooner set fire to their own kingdoms than leave Isla stranded on a path toward certain death. But getting her back will involve forging an alliance—if they can find a way to forgive their long history of betrayals.
The key to Isla’s return—and the fate of the realms—lies close to her heart. But in the face of her most powerful enemy yet, will Isla be able to reconcile her past in order to carve a future of her own making?
My Thoughts:
How in the hell did Isla choose one of them but like, not actually choose one of them? This is ridiculous. Isla spends the entire book in another realm and Grim and Oro have to work together to try to figure out a way to help her. But ONLY after they beat the shit out of each other. Isla is STILL trying to dodge her fate to avoid killing Grim or Oro but then we find out that since Isla left her realm, Oro may now be faced with a choice to choose the world over her so he may actually kill HER. Either way, someone is dying in the last book. Now, thanks to Isla’s regenerative abilities that she’s gained, why do I think Oro’s going to kill her, she’ll come back to life, and she still won’t choose between them? Also, was I getting vibes that maybe Oro’s bestie has feelings for him? When he asked her if she had to choose the world over him she said she’d choose him so…maybe there’s more than just friends feelings there. It got me thinking, anyways. These are my theories for book five, what are yours?
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