Review: The Captain

Title: The Captain (The Last Horizon Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BXPYQD4D/

Author: Will Wight 

Rating: 3.5/5

Comments:  Will Wight is rightfully known for the Cradle series where the protagonist, Lindon, goes from the lowest of the low to the highest of the high.  This series does not start that way.  Not even remotely.  It's a good story, but I'm not sure I see where the protagonist will have a significant character arc.  The first book is mainly an introduction to the story, so I'm reserving judgement, and I will read book 2, but he's going to have to give me a peek at where we're going or book 3 is going to be a big question mark.

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Review: Cradle book 12

Title: Waybound (Cradle Book 12)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C738F623/

Author: Will Wight

Rating: 4.8/5

Comments: This is the grand finale of the Cradle series.  

I am happy to report, that in my opinion, Wight has a clean dismount and sticks the landing, which considering the length of this series is quite remarkable.

If you have made it this far in the series, I imagine you would still read this even if I said it sucked, but in this case you can approach this book with confidence that Lindon, Yerin, Grace, Orthos, Dross, and all the rest complete their story in a very satisfying way, and we even get to see a few old friends.

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Review: Dreadgod

Title: Dreadgod (Cradle Book 11)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4MY8PN8/

Author: Will Wight

Rating: 5/5

Comments: Well it's finally happened, Lindon has grown to the point where he's a match for almost any being on Cradle.  It's only taken him 10 books.  In this book he is no longer anyone's apprentice, he is a Force in his own right.  It's really, really good.  At this point I don't even mind the switches of POV because the other protagonists are just that well developed.

Honestly if you haven't ever read Cradle, and are annoyed by Lindon's weakness in the early books, this one is the payoff.  I think the next one is the end of the Cradle series, and I'm very curious to see how he wraps this up.

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Review: Reaper

Title: Reaper (Cradle Book 10)

Author: Will Wight    

Rating: 5/5

Comments:  It's book 10 of Cradle, if you have made it this far it's well worth the read.  Some big revelations in this one.  Great book, and looking forward to the next.

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Review: Bloodline (Cradle book 9)

Title: Bloodline (Cradle Book 9)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZS19WWY/

Author: Will Wight

Rating: 4.5/5

Comments:

I'm surprised this is the first time I have put a review up for this series.  The fact that I'm reviewing book 9 should give you a clue that I liked the previous 8.

This is a very long, very slow burn series, but it somehow doesn't seem long.  Most of the people I hear complain about it don't like book 1, which I can kind of understand, because the protagonist is the weakest of the weak in book one.  That weakness is also the opportunity that sets up the whole series.  I mean if you have a top tier athlete work hard and win an Olympic gold medal, it's not really that dramatic or surprising.  But if you have a blind, parapalegic, with traumatic brain injury work insanely hard and win the same medal, well then you have true drama.

Book 9 sees the culmination of everything Lindon has been working for through the first 8 books, and some people seem to feel it's a bit anticlimactic.  I think that's just that in comparison to book 8, there are fewer moments that stun you with surprise.

I recommend the whole series.

Bedroom Activities: None

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