Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong
Series: Age of Legends #2
Published by HarperCollins
Published on: April 7, 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
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Sisters Moria and Ashyn are the Keeper and Seeker of Edgewood. Or at least, they were.
Their village is gone. Their friends have betrayed them. And now, the emperor has sent them on a mission to rescue the children of Edgewood—accompanied by Prince Tyrus and a small band of imperial warriors. But the journey proves more perilous than they could have imagined. With treachery and unrest mounting in the empire, Moria and Ashyn will have to draw on all their influence and power to overcome deadly enemies—not all of them human—and even avert an all-out war.
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This is an interesting series by Kelley Armstrong, who is one of my favorite authors. I was very intrigued by the first book in this series. This series is about two twin sisters who live in a different world. They are the Keeper and the Seeker, which is a coveted position in their world. They work together to quiet the souls of the dead. They each have a bond beast that is their protector. Moria, the Keeper, has a hound. Ashyn, the Seeker, has a wildcat for her bond beast.
In the previous book, their town is destroyed. They spend the most of the book traveling to the emperor’s palace for help. Now they are almost like prisoners in gilded cages. The emperor won’t let them leave the palace area for their own safety. All the girls want to do help to find the missing children from their village. They really feel helpless sitting in the palace while others are missing.
Gavril is a boy from their village who appears to turn traitor. His father is the one who has started all the issues in the girls’ town of Edgewood. Moria got very close with Gavril in the first book and is having a hard time dealing with the idea that he turned traitor. Moria also has gotten very close with the emperor’s bastard son, Tyrus. She even goes off to help him with negotiations.
Ashyn is the quieter of the two sisters, but she is also powerful, if not as physical. She has interest in Ronan. Ronan is a boy that helped them traverse to emperor’s palace in the first book. He has no status, which makes him like a fugitive, so he is hiding from the emperor. They both have feelings for each other, but Ronan doesn’t feel he is worthy of her.
It is really hard to give you the aspects of the story without giving away spoilers. I will say that I love the premise of this story. I love the characters. I even love the overall story, even if I thought it was a bit long for a young adult story. What I didn’t like was that Moria seems to have gotten herself into a possible love triangle with Gavril and Tyrus. I’m not a fan of love triangles, and I don’t like this one. I’m not a fan of the lack of relationship between Ashyn and Ronan. I didn’t like the excuses. Also, there is a cliffhanger, grrrr. I think this will be a series that I like each book, but I love the entire trilogy.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
I haven’t started this series, but I did enjoy two of her YA ones
I don’t read a lot of YA, but Kelley Armstrong is one that I do read.
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Yes it is hard not to tell spoilers especially when you are a couple books in a series. I am glad you are mostly enjoying this series 🙂
It always seems harder on those middle books to avoid spoilers. I don’t seem to have as many issues with the final book, so the next book should be a lot easier. I can’t wait to read the final book.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Death’s Servant by C.J.Ellison
I love Kelly Armstrong too, though I haven’t started this series…yet. 🙂 Thanks for sharing the great review, Melanie. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
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She is one of my favorite authors. I even read her middle grade series. You enjoy your weekend too.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Death’s Servant by C.J.Ellison
I really enjoyed the first book, so glad to hear that book two is just as good! Not thrilled with the thought of a love triangle as I don’t like those, but will wait and see what happens next. Thanks for a great review!
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Thanks. I was very disappointed in the love triangle too. Ms. Armstrong doesn’t usually go that route. I’m hoping that it is completely resolved early in the last book.
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I love this author too but I saw somemixed reviews about this series and it made me really anxious. Maybe I’ll try some day to see how it is.
It is not my favorite from her, that is for sure. As with all Armstrong books, I love the characters and world she has built. I don’t always love what goes on in the world. I’m very interested to see how it ends.
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I’m not sure if this series is for me, Melanie. I haven’t read any of Armstrong’s books yet, but I have several on my TBR shelf that I’ll try to get to before I look into her YA series.
Great review, eve if you had to be vague so as to not spoil anything.
Have a fantastic week and happy reading!
Thanks Lexxie. This is not my favorite series by her, so not the one I would recommend to start. Women of the Otherworld is my favorite, followed by Nadia Stafford (mystery/suspense trilogy with zero paranormal).
I hope you have a great week too. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Review: Priceless by Shannon Mayer
I seem to have lost track of all of Armstrong’s new series lol
I’ll definitely skip this one if there’s a love triangle.
I’m hoping that she resolves that very quickly in the final book. I was disappointed in her for that. I so hate love triangles.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Priceless by Shannon Mayer
I’m a huge Kelley Armstrong fan (I still can’t believe we’re both guests at SF:SE later this year! Pinch me?), but I haven’t started reading this series yet. I need to remedy that! Great review.
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She is one my favorites too. This isn’t one of her best series, in my opinion, but I still enjoy it. That is awesome you get to go to a con with her. I met her several years ago at a signing. She was very sweet.
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I am so excited. Are authors allowed to have fan girl moments? Glad to hear that she’s as sweet in person as she is online. 🙂
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Yes, authors are allowed to have fan girl moments. I’ve seen them in action. 🙂 I hope you have a great time.
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