While things may have ended well for Brianna in SILVER, the
first of the Bandia novels, they certainly aren't looking up
now as she heads off to Ireland, away from the dangerous
group she had just allied herself with before. Blake should
be there helping her, but now, he is after her head just as
much as his family is. If that wasn't enough to worry
herself with, there's a new god in town...and he's out for
destruction.
When I first read SILVER, I was completely blown away. Now
with GOLD, I have added the Bandia novels to my favorite
series list. I fell in love with the bandia legend/history
in the first book, and I love how the author, Talia Vance,
elaborates on it and gives it more mysteries in this sequel.
In addition to the original mythological elements, Brianna
is one of the most unique and real main characters I have
read about. Though she is scared of what she is, a
seductive, monstrous bandia, she still maintains a level of
self-respect for herself that is astonishing. She doesn't
let Blake or Austin, who is now another favorite character
of mine, control her. At the end of the day, she knows who
she needs to take care of.
What had my heart breaking and mending at all hours of the
night was not, though superb, the mystery or the action. The
relationship between Blake and Brianna and especially the
potential one with Brianna and Austin is both soul crushing
and heartwarming. Though it may be a love triangle, it never
feels like a clichéd one. The way it is portrayed induces
all the feels and none of the eye rolling at another
textbook triangle of love. Though written in very different
voices and about very different things, it gives the
emotional feel of one of Richelle Mead's novels in my
experience. It pulls you through an emotional hell, but
gives you chocolate in the end.
If you are looking for something unique, something quick,
and/or something to renew your love of reading, I would
recommend this fun and exciting YA.
The Sons of Killian have hunted my ancestors for
centuries. The same way they hunt me now.
Descended from an Irish demigod, Brianna has fled to
Ireland to escape destruction at the hands of her sworn
enemies, the Sons of Killian. Taking refuge at the estate of
her former nemesis, Austin Montgomery, Brianna discovers a
rift in time that opens to an era before the feud began.
Wrestling with her newfound feelings for the younger
Austin—who she meets a thousand years back in time—Brianna
begins to wonder if altering the past could change her
future. But when Brianna and the present-day Austin learn
that the Sons are raising an army of mythical beasts, the
pair will need to combine their magical strength to avoid a
tragic destiny.
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