The light of all that falls by James Islington
Hello Books Lovers,
this will be a week full of explosive reviews and one of them, reluctantly because I have completed the trilogy, is on the latest volume of James Islington’s Licanius Trilogy, published a few months ago now by Fanucci. I have already reviewed the first two volumes, I link them to you (The shadow of what was lost, An echo of things to come) and today we conclude with The light of all that falls.
Did this ending satisfy me? Absolutely yes. Lately I’ve been reading sequels that are disappointing me based on the satisfaction I received from previous volumes – I don’t remember if I had already said this thing – but with this trilogy each volume has turned out to be better than the previous one, so much so that, during the reading of The light of all that falls, I tried to slow down as I wanted it to never end.
But here I am, after reading, not having the slightest idea what to say about this story without making spoilers, but praising it to the fullest, because even if like every book it had that detail that I didn’t like, and that scene a little slow, on the whole those details are null in the face of the smoothness and adventure that our protagonists face with their heads held high, real heroes. I don’t know what else to expect from this author because I never expected to be so impressed with a high fantasy trilogy when most of the ones I’ve read had nothing to do with the smoothness of this one.
As had already happened between the first and second volumes, even here, at the beginning, there’s a short time jump from where the events had stopped. Also this time I often found myself consulting the map even if by now I think I have learned it by heart after three books XD But one thing I had never told you about until now, and which I hope will help bring you to read this trilogy, it is time travel, of which Islington writes almost as if he had lived it himself, and makes the reader enter even more into the story.
I don’t want to go into the details of the plot because being the third book I would avoid, but every, above any doubt, question that was left from the previous volumes, will all be explained at the end, and obviously our characters will have a noteworthy ending, not at all trivial, and they will grow even more. They have now embraced their responsibilities and are ready for everyone to make good prevail over evil. Many of the themes and situations undertaken in the previous volume are explored further. In short, The light of all that falls is a complete 360-degree ending, and even if as a rating I don’t feel like giving 5 stars for various reasons that, although irrelevant, have an impact on the rating, I can’t take 4.5 stars away from James Islington 🙂
