Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
Release Date: June 28, 2022
Publisher: HarperTeen
Source: Publisher
Genre: Young Adult / Fantasy / Epic
The sequel to Victoria Aveyard’s instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker features more of the breathless action, deadly twists, and gripping magic that makes this series perfect for fans of Garth Nix and J. R. R. Tolkien.
One Spindle has been closed, but the enemy is far from defeated.
Fighting beside her band of unlikely companions, Corayne is learning to embrace the power of her ancient lineage and wield her father’s powerful sword.
But while they successfully sealed the Spindle Taristan opened, they can’t rest easy yet. With his army marching across Allward, opening more portals into terrible alternate worlds as he goes, Corayne has no choice but to rally her own army and become the hero she’s destined to be.
But what Taristan unleashes next might burn the world to the ground before there’s any chance at victory.
Breakneck adventure meets impossible thrills in this nonstop sequel to the instant #1 New York Times bestselling hit Realm Breaker—introducing
lethal new challenges and an unstoppable enemy that will push Corayne
and her companions, and the world they so love, to the breaking point.
Blade Breaker, by author Victoria Aveyard, is the second installment in the authors Realm Breaker series. The series is set in a world called Allward that, at one time, was the crossroads for travel between other worlds. The portals that were used by travelers are called spindles. Once upon a time, Corayne's ancestors were spindleborn, children of a lost realm who are slowly dying out. One of the repercussions of losing the spindles is that there are groups of people in the Aveyard’s world like Domacridhan who actually came from another world, and are cut off from their ancestral home, who age differently that regular humans.
This story has all the touchstones like complex worlds, sweeping plots, nonstop action, engaging prose, and relatable characters—but brings the stakes to a whole new level, taking these beloved characters across the breadth of Allward as they rally their world to face the growing threat of Taristan and Erida’s inhuman army. This story picks up immediately after the events of Realm Breaker so please read that book before diving into this story. Possible spoilers are possible. Sorry! Corayne and her Companions have won a battle by closing off one of the portals to a world filled with monsters thanks to Taristan.
But there's more trouble on the horizon including Queen Erida of Galland who wants to control all over Allward. Erida uses Taristan's army of the undead to conquer a neighboring country. While Taristan only cares for finding more Spindles and bringing about the end of all worlds, Erida wants to become an empress of the myriad countries that sprang from Old Cor's once united lands. As Corayne and her companions travel to new lands, encounter new dangers, and build an army to defeat the evil king, it is more essential than ever that they work together to save their world.
But Taristan, who is working for What Waits, a demonic force that wants to enter the Realm, has unleashed an evil far more wicked than his corpse armies. Something deadly waits in the shadows; something that might consume the world before there's any hope for victory. Something that will either unite or cause Corayne's companions to fall like that of her father's companions while facing this evil. The story alternates between key characters like Corayne, Erida, Sorasa, Andry, Ridha, Princess of Iona, and Dom. This could be classified as an epic fantasy story since there's lot of long traveling and a large world that is slowly being revealed by the author.
It's hard for me not to compare this series to the Lord of the Rings books in that there is a companionship that is supposed to protect Corayne who carries a spindleblade and is said to be the one to stand against darkness. She's also the shortest, and most inexperienced character in the entire book, not unlike Frodo of the Shire was. As this is the middle book of the series, be prepared for everything and everything including a doozy of a cliffhanger.
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