Title: The Lightstruck

Series: The Darkening #2

Author: Sunya Mara

Vesper Vale sacrificed everything to save her city from the cursed storm. After becoming a vessel of The Great Queen, Vesper awakes from a slumber three years after her life altering choice.

What she finds isn’t a home freed from the terror of the storm, but one where its citizens are besieged by the even more sinister force of The Great King and his growing army of the lightstruck—once regular citizens who are now controlled by the ominous light encroaching on the city. And the people are all looking to Vesper, now revered as a goddess after her sacrifice, as their city’s only hope.

To save the rings from the Great King, Vesper must contend with the obligations of being a deity to her people and the growing chasm between her and Dalca, the prince she swore never to love. Haunted by the guilt of their past choices and faced with the pressures of a city near ruin, Vesper and Dalca find themselves torn between the growing factions within the city and the royal court.

But in order to save her city from the light, Vesper must face the power most outside of her control—the goddess within.

I absolutely loved The Darkening so couldn’t wait to dive in here and get more Dalca!!!!!

Vesper is now back and trying to get used to being ‘her’ again and finds someone has taken over as the baddie whilst she has been gone.

I must admit I didn’t love this book as much as book 1 and I felt a bit lost at the beginning struggling to remember what was happening!

But, as in book 1, I loved the magic system and I loved the writing style.

Vesper did get in my nerves a bit but the overall character win for me was Cas! Loved him and we really now need a book for him!