Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Release Date: November 12, 2024
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Source: Publisher
Genre: Young Adult / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
Let the darkness rise…in the breathtaking conclusion to award-winning author Abigail Owen’s Dominions series.
King Eidolon has taken everything.
My throne, my Shadowraith, and even my kingdom. I am a queen with no one to rule, and a tattered army that's not even mine. And hope is fading fast.
Now the shadows who once tormented Reven live within me, hissing and wheedling—and enticing me to betray my friends. Which could be deadly for us all. Because without the guy I fell for, without Reven, I am all shadows…and no light.
And the Alignment is almost upon us—the culmination of centuries that have fueled a vengeful king’s festering rage.
We’re outnumbered. We’re underpowered. And even if we could unleash the trapped goddesses, they would destroy the kingdom and everything in it.
The Shadows Rule All, by Abigail Owen, is the third and final installment in the author's Dominions series. There’s no way you can read this one on its own. You must read the other books to get to this one to fully enjoy the series. This book begins 1,000 years ago and tells the story of how and why Eiddon Calix went down the dark side after a pair of twins betrayed him and his trust, and captured the Goddesses in amulets.
Meanwhile, the worlds are crumbling with the loss of the goddesses, and Meren and her allies, including her twin sister, face the difficult challenge of trying to locate the final amulet with the goddess Wilderness trapped inside. They are racing against time since the Celestial Alignment is rapidly approaching when all of the goddesses must be released. Eidolon is still a threat, and now Meren carries Reven's shadows inside her, and they are the most evil and broken parts of Eidolon's soul.
Throughout the book, Meren struggles to keep the shadows under control. Readers are introduced to more Devourers--the goddesses’ former consorts turned monsters--that are scarier, bloodthirsty, and violent. In addition, the author adds even more twists, and another goddess--Allusion, who becomes the ultimate help in their perilous quest to defeat Eidolon and release the goddesses. One of Meren's other challenges is her heart, and the fact that Reven has lost his memories.
The side characters also play a bigger and stronger role: Tabra, Cain, Pella, Tziah, Vos, Hakkan, Horus, and even Reven, eventually. You must be prepared for anything. The author doesn't spare your feelings if one of the lovable main characters falls in battle. She doesn't spare your feelings by making this book darker than the previous installments.
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