Book Review – Vulture by Bex Hogan
Vulture by Bex Hogan (Isles of Storm and Sorrow #3)
Fantasy | Young Adult | 432 pages
Published on 8th April 2021 by Orion Children’s Books
Synopsis
Power, politics and pirates collide in Vulture, the finale of the epic YA fantasy series The Isles of Storm and Sorrow, perfect for fans of Pirates of the Caribbean.
We are all one misstep away from being the villain…
Marianne has passed the ultimate test required to be a Mage. She is finally powerful enough to reunite the Twelve Isles.
But having exposed herself to the darker side of magic, Marianne is struggling. The magic within her is nearly impossible to control, and she becomes cruel and violent, mercilessly pursuing those who have harmed her in the past, ignoring the pleas of those closest to her to remember what’s really important: saving the islands.
Everything she’s fought for has come down to this. Will Marianne be able to fulfil her promise to bring peace to the islands when she can’t even bring peace to herself?
Conquer the darkness. Control the magic. Save the Isles.
My rating:
Review
I can’t believe it’s all over. I have adored every second of this trilogy and I already can’t wait to re-read it.
I loved being back with Marianne and the crew, sailing between the twelve isles and finding all the mysteries. I also found the particular twists and turns of the finale fantastic. There was so much to take in from the very start! In fact, the end of book 2 is punishing, and I’m glad my theories about that worked out, but I particularly liked seeing the impacts of that on my favourite characters. There is so much trauma, but that’s so accurate to everything they have gone through.
The relationship between Marianne and Bronn really is just fantastic, but I also adore her friendships – especially with the prince. It also really gives weight to all the reveals and betrayals as we go along.
There were two moments in this that I won’t go into because of spoilers, but OMG the PAIN. I am pretty sure I send Bex hate tweets as I read this though – she does love to punish us! I can’t wait to read whatever she writes next.
5 stars.
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2 Comments
Lorraine
I was scrolling through WP reader pretty aimlessly and stopped like “Ooh, review for Vulture” and then realised it was you, so of course there was a review for Vulture. I’m glad you loved it! And yes, Bex is most definitely evil (in the best way).
Booksandlemonsquash
Haha! Better late than never given I read it ASAP when it came out 🤦🏻♀️