The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett

Civil war ravages the north and south, battles fought between those who should be working together. It is up to Arlen and Jardir to put aside their differences and bring their people to terms if they are to have any chance of saving their civilisation from demon-rule.

An excellent addition to the Demon War saga, but it might end in a cliffhanger. I think it's up in the air, but Peter V. Brett seems to think there's no cliffhanger. He's the author so he would know.

Thing I loved about this book: Inevera's storyline. She's got a lot of screen time, and she's a fantastic character.

Thing I HATED about this book: Arlen and Renna never use subjects when they're talking about themselves. It's all ‘Don't wanna go' and ‘Love you, Renna Tanner' and ‘Have to make the donuts'. Would it kill them to just add an “I” or a “You” in there? I loathe their dialect so much I want to kill it with fire.

Executive Summary: This is probably my favorite book of the series so far, but it ends on a pretty huge cliffhanger.

Audiobook: Pete Bradbury once again does a great job. He's still a bit on the quiet side, but I think he's a great fit for this series. He does a few voices/accents and reads with good inflection.

Full Review
This book is a bit of a blur now. I've read most of this series in the last few weeks, and I've completed the entire next book before getting a chance to write this review.

I think this book had the best world building of the first three. We learn a lot more about magic, the demons and the world at large than the previous two. I'm a sucker for a good magic system, and I really like how Mr. Brett has been expanding upon this one as the series has gone on.

This book also had some really great character development, especially in the flashback chapters. I do feel like Mr. Brett's trying to make yet another character more sympathetic by showing just how awful everyone else around them by comparison is, and that really doesn't work for me. If nothing else I guess I understand them a bit better even if I don't really like them.

One benefit of reading this book late is that I didn't have to wait for the next book to resolve the huge cliffhanger it creates. If you're reading this series at a more leisurely pace, I highly recommend planning to read the next book right after this one.

Overall this series has been really enjoyable, which is likely evident by how quickly I'm tearing through it. This one is my favorite so far, and having finished the next one already, I can say it still remains so. I'm really eager to see how it all ends.

Na een paar honderd pagina's heb ik het opgegeven. Mijn ergernissen over bepaalde personages werden nog groter en eentje kreeg zelfs een steeds grotere rol, waardoor ik eigenlijk constant zat te zuchten en enorm tegen mijn zin zat te lezen. Lezen doe ik nog steeds voor mijn plezier en daarom deed ik iets wat ik eigenlijk niet graag doe, namelijk een boek half gelezen achterlaten. Jammer, want het verhaal op zich boeide me wel en ik wou wel weten hoe de auteur het verder zou spinnen, maar het werd me teveel een karwij. Wetende dat na dit boek 3 nog 2 boeken volgen om het verhaal af te maken, heb ik er dus een streep onder getrokken.