Send Me Their Souls by Sara Wolf

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Title: Send Me Their Souls
Author: Sara Wolf
Series: Bring Me Their Hearts #3
Published by: Entangled: Teen
Release Date: November 3, 2020
Format: eARC
Pages: 416
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2020 Netgalley and Edelweiss Challenge, Lenoreo's 2020 New Release Challenge, Lenoreo's COYER Quarantine Edition
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My rating:

Blurb:

There are worse things than death.

With the rise of Varia d’Malvane comes the fall of the Mist Continent. Cavanos is overrun by the brutal rampage of the valkerax, led by its former crown princess. Vetris is gone. Helkyris is gone. As each mighty nation falls, the grip of the crown princess closes around the throat of the world.

But Zera Y’shennria isn’t out yet.

Alongside Malachite, Fione, Yorl, and her love Lucien, Zera seeks aid from the High Witches and the Black Archives, with the valkerax horde hot on their heels. Seemingly unstoppable, Varia can track Zera through her dreams, ensuring there is nowhere to run. Thankfully, an ancient book holds the key to stopping the incursion forever.

But at what cost comes freedom?

At what cost comes love?

At what cost comes the end of the world, and the beginning of a new one?

My Review:

I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

4.5 stars — Honestly?  The whole story went in a few directions I was NOT expecting.  I can’t explain, but the plot laid out differently than I was expecting in so many ways.  Sometimes that meant there were lulls in action…but in those lulls we got to learn more: either about the world, the magic, or our characters.  So it’s kind of hard to be disappointed in that, you know?

And the absolute ending satisfied both of my opposing needs, which is kind of hard to do, and yet Ms. Wolf accomplished it.  I know, vague, but you’ll survive.

In general I was immensely happy with how Zera grew in this book.  It was coming to a point of no return for me, but she made leaps and leaps.  I loved the things she learned about herself, about the world, about love, about people.  She really made me think at times.

And she’s a freaking shining star in this book.  Her ability to befriend people, to care about people, to have them look outside themselves…it’s just kind of hopeful and awesome.  She sees so many things that others don’t, and she inevitably makes everyone around her better people as well.

Also, she’s freaking HILARIOUS.  And not just her, the whole group of them.  It’s the way she brings out the sass in everyone around her as well.  The bantering, the bickering, the just plain fun they had at times was delightful.  It completely caught me off guard at times, because I expected a lot of anxiousness and worry and angst (and we got that too).  It was such a relief to have that balance.

I’m going to miss this world.  But mostly I’m going to miss these characters.  They were so weird, but lovable and awesome.