Skysworn

This series gets better with every book. I almost gave this one my first five star rating, because the plot was great and the worldbuilding aspects really kicked into higher gear, and my major issue with the series (Lindon) made SOME strides towards actually being more dynamic than a cardboard box. For the first time in maybe the whole series, he makes a decision that is not motivated by “what will make me more powerful the fastest?”. That's major progress. Still not enough for the central character, though.

So maybe now he's graduated from cardboard box to cardboard cut-out of a person? Like one of those things you see in the mall, just a cut-out of a guy named Lindon pointing at himself, with a text bubble like, “I wanted to get more powerful, just like you!” outside of a GNC, or something.

Excited to start the next one. As usual, Eithan is the best character of this series by a long shot. Yerin and Orthos were great too. And the new addition, Mercy, seems poised to go interesting places in the future.