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Last Song Before Night
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
10 posts | 7 read | 16 to read
A high fantasy following a young woman's defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world's lost magic in Ilana C. Myer's "Last Song Before Night." Her name was Kimbralin Amaristoth: sister to a cruel brother, daughter of a hateful family. But that name she has forsworn, and now she is simply Lin, a musician and lyricist of uncommon ability in a land where women are forbidden to answer such callings-a fugitive who must conceal her identity or risk imprisonment and even death.On the eve of a great festival, Lin learns that an ancient scourge has returned to the land of Eivar, a pandemic both deadly and unnatural. Its resurgence brings with it the memory of an apocalypse that transformed half a continent. Long ago, magic was everywhere, rising from artistic expression-from song, from verse, from stories. But in Eivar, where poets once wove enchantments from their words and harps, the power was lost. Forbidden experiments in blood divination unleashed the plague that is remembered as the Red Death, killing thousands before it was stopped, and Eivar's connection to the Otherworld from which all enchantment flowed, broken.The Red Death's return can mean only one thing: someone is spilling innocent blood in order to master dark magic. Now poets who thought only to gain fame for their songs face a challenge much greater: galvanized by Valanir Ocune, greatest Seer of the age, Lin and several others set out to reclaim their legacy and reopen the way to the Otherworld-a quest that will test their deepest desires, imperil their lives, and decide the future.
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RainyDayReading
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
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Latest book haul! Though I am mildly annoyed. None of the books I ordered were listed as ex-library copies, yet three of them showed up that way 😪 Two were hardcovers and easy to get the stickers off, but there‘s nothing I can do about the paperback which is irritating. I‘ll find a different copy eventually, but for now I‘ll bury it at the bottom of my TBR stack so I don‘t have to look at it until I‘m ready to read it.

RamsFan1963 I want to read Sixteen Ways to Defend A Walled City 4y
RainyDayReading @RamsFan1963 I really enjoyed it!! I haven‘t posted my review yet, but it was a fun read. I originally read it through my library and liked it so much I had to get my own copy. (edited) 4y
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JSW
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
Bailedbailed

I‘m on page 145 and I still don‘t feel like the book‘s plot has started. Bailing.

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chavalah
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
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Pickpick

Beautiful, descriptive writing, fitting for a novel where magic can be found in poetry and song. Myer based her high fantasy on troubadours and French/Celtic themes. Her capital city of Tamryllin is based abstractly on her years living in Jerusalem! The characters are engaging and I was very invested in their narrative arcs, even talking to my favorites. :p. This is a good bridge between YA and adult fantasy, and a sequel should come out in 2018!

Kammbia1 I just started reading this one. 5y
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FourofFiveWits
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
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Mehso-so

I can tell this is well written but the story's not for me. I only kept reading it because I was invested in the fate of the characters. A different reader would've given this a higher review.

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Mariliel
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
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Pickpick

Got this for Christmas and I've been saving it for when I hit a book rut ever since - finally picked it up last week, and it was so worth the wait. Everything I want in a fantasy novel.

Wandering_Resident ...added to the ever-expanding TBR list! 8y
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Mariliel
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
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When you tweet about the book that you're absolutely loving, and the author notices :)

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Mariliel
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer

I will ride horses like the wind
I will warm my hands at fires
I will savor darkened wines
I will not think of the road's end

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Mariliel
Last Song Before Night | Ilana C. Myer
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Books that start off with maps are inevitably the best.