Name: Tower Lord
ISBN: 9780425265628

Anthony Ryan

Darkblade, the great warrior of the Sixth Order returns home in defeat from King Janus's war vowing to never take up a sword again, but fate has other plans for him, in the sequel to Blood Song.

Tower Lord

Amira BEN

I had the feeling there was no plot ? Or maybe I didn't understand the stakes lol.
I liked Reva's growth though.
Anyway I wanted to get through this before tk start The Pariah 👀 I won't be finishing this trilogy

Sheila

It took me about 80 pages to find my feet in this book, mostly because I read the 1st book quite some time ago and didn't recall all the characters. That issue was compounded by the fact that this book begins something like 5 years AFTER the first book ends, & clearly some ~shit~ has gone down in the interim. 

Once I got over my character confusion, this book worked out pretty well. There were some new POVs that I appreciated because they directly contributed to the over-arching plot, all of which were tied together nicely in the last 150-or-so pages. Not enough important characters died IMO but there were maimings and traumatic events galore! We learn a bit more about the blood song & meet a lot more people with that ability, which is pretty cool. The world is expanded from the first book by involving more characters and plot points from the other continents. We also get lesbians! (Well, one lesbian one bi) 

It ends on a cliffhanger though?!?!?! At least enough of one to prompt me to read the 3rd book once it comes out bc I need to know how this ends!

The enthralling second novel in the New York Times bestselling Raven's Shadow series, and sequel to the critically acclaimed epic fantasy debut Blood Song THE REALM BURNS. Vaelin Al Sorna is tired of war. He's fought countless battles in service to the Realm and Faith. His reward was the loss of his love, the death of his friends and a betrayal by his king. After five years in an Alpiran dungeon, he just wants to go home. Reva intends to welcome Vaelin back with a knife between the ribs. He destroyed her family and ruined her life. Nothing will stop her from exacting bloody vengeance - not even the threat of invasion from the greatest enemy the Realm has ever faced. Yet as the fires of war spread, foes become friends and truths turn to lies. To save the Realm, Reva must embrace a future she does not want - and Vaelin must revisit a past he'd rather leave buried.