Spice Rating: 🌶️ / 5

This novel is a fun ride if you just go with it and turn your brain off.

Nightbane, the sequel to Lightlark, starts right where the first novel ended--with Isla on the island of Lightlark living in the palace with the king. Isla and the king are racing to find help and an army to assist them in fighting the impending war that will be here sooner than they'd like. But as they look for aid, Isla starts to remember her past and wonders if she made the right decisions and if she's where she's supposed to be.

Overall, I did enjoy this novel. I had a good time learning more about the lore of the world and Isla's backstory. And, of course, seeing her with both of her love interests was a lot of fun. I appreciated that there was more world building, but there seemed to be a lot of arbitrary rules (curses upon curses) that really made everything more confusing.

If you loved Lightlark, I think you would also love Nightbane. For me, I think this series is fun but not one that I'll go back to time and time again.