A Day of Fallen Night: A Roots of Chaos Novel (The Roots of Chaos)

Product Information

It was a brilliant choice to establish so many varying geographies and cultures so that we could see how similar things affected each land differently and in which ways the lands each chose to combat them. It was always riveting when we discovered places we have not yet been to in this world, as well as places that did not exist in Priory because of the changes throughout the world's history. Kill off a few of those key characters for example, explode their world or introduce a scenario of checkmate. Not just the beautiful sapphic relationships, but also the grandmothers, the mothers, the sisters, adopted or birth, they were an absolutely stunning representation of how women can protect and help each other. The novel draws strength from the power of a woman's choice, giving the characters a depth of fortitude that is masterful in its craft and execution.

I enjoyed A Day of Fallen Night even more than The Priory of the Orange Tree, it was such an incredible read. It’s set just shy of five centuries before Priory and covers the period known as the Great Sorrow, or Grief of Ages. Biography: Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bone Season series. Fantasy fans, rejoice: The beloved Samantha Shannon is bringing readers back to the world of bestseller The Priory of the Orange Tree in this standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night.

The world is unconquerable, Shannon's skill and immense love of history shines in every structured choice she made whilst creating it. with queer representation on the page, complex female characters, and a fantastical world that rivals Westeros, the pages simply fly by. In A Day of Fallen Night, Shannon avoids this problem by introducing Wulf, a young man from the North who becomes the fourth main protagonist in the second part of the book. They mirror the differing myths we have in our own world of dragons being holy in China and other Eastern regions versus being terrifying monsters in English and other Western regions. There’s this message I kept seeing throughout this book, these women trying to balance their relationships—be romantic or family—and the role the world has given them.

A Day of Fallen Night is a prequel to the highly popular The Priory of the Orange Tree, set in the same world a few hundred years earlier. At its core, A Day of Fallen Night is a story about mothers and daughters, and that visceral, unbreakable connection.Glorian Berethnet is the princess of Inys and heir to her mother's throne, in a long line of female monarchs whose bloodline keeps the Nameless One at bay. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hroth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. I would have preferred more moments of drama and surprise in the middle of the book to lift things a little because it felt everything was being saved to the end and the conclusion of this series.

Dumai holds engrossing relationships with all those around her, a devoted bond with her mother, a heart-warming friendship with Kanifa, a complex and entertaining relationship with the silver-tongued Nikeya. The multiple storylines that end up intertwined together is magic and so artfully done that by the author - amazing. As someone who is childfree by choice and has known I would be from the earliest I can ever remember having a coherent thought on the matter, A Day of Fallen Night made me feel so seen. The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin—the daughter of Chang’e and the mortal archer, Houyi—as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, an .There are differences in cultures and beliefs and alliances that will provide fans of Priory a good amount of time to speculate how and when certain changes occur. We frail humans cannot generally stand in the path of an earthquake or a volcanic eruption and expect to emerge the victor, and it is the same with the wyrms or western dragons, and to a lesser extent the hybrid creatures who follow them. Knowing it's a standalone, I assumed exactly how it would end from the start and it does just about that.