Stephen Barkley
Wow, these books go by quickly! One moment you’re digging into the first chapter and a few hundred pages later you realize it’s well past bedtime.
The Light of All that Falls is a rich and satisfying conclusion to James Islington’s epic fantasy trilogy. This book answers questions I forgot were asked earlier the series and wraps up every dangling plot thread in a satisfying epilogue.
There was one moment in the book that felt a little too deus ex machina, but Islington explained this in an afterword. In order to keep the book a trilogy, Islington decided to save a major portion of the plot for a future stand-alone novel. In thinking over the whole arc of the trilogy, this seems like a wise idea—and something I’ll look forward to reading.
Now that the series is complete I’m able to view it a little more objectively. While I found the marketing a bit overblown (”Love The Wheel of Time? This is about to become your new favorite series”), the world is memorable and the whirlwind pacing made it un-put-down-able.
If you’re interested, here are my thoughts on the first two books in the series:
Islington, James. The Light of All that Falls. Orbit, 2019. The Licanius Trilogy 3.
