The Burning White

Brent Weeks

Oct 2019 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer
The Black Prism
The Blinding Knife
The Broken Eye
The Blood MirrorThe Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel
The Way of Shadows
Shadow's Edge
Beyond the Shadows

The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus)Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella
The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel  

Ratings and reviews

It was okay. I had typed out a long multi paragraph review of this book and the series as a whole only to have the app crash. So I'll summarize. It didn't make me feel. After reading The Night Angel I wanted more from Brent, hence me starting this series. But it didn't match the emotional response I got from the previous work. This story is DragonBall Z. The heroes win and no one of important stays dead. The bad guys are bad because reasons and they lose. God is real and kind of a dick.

This was an ok end of the series. Overall the book series was pretty good, but definitely not as great as it could have been. It started out very strong with the first 2 books being superb but then the next two books were very slow, went nowhere, and just boring. This book was a step up from those but a far cry from the first 2 books. It did a decent job wrapping up the story in a pretty fun way, but was also predictable and unoriginal. This is a series that some will love and others will hate. I see both sides since the story had so much potential and started so well but then it seemed like Brent was either rushed or lost interest. Also found typos in some of the books and just seemed like poor editing since the writing often seemed disjointed after book 2. I would find myself carefully rereading whole pages and still not really getting a picture of what's happening. That is due in part to Brent trying too hard to use big words unnecessarily and far too often at times.

Some mixed feelings about the ending, but I suspect that has more to do with my religious differences with (what I take to be) the author's views. Otherwise a great book. I like this series a lot. xD

About the author

Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He wrote on bar napkins and lesson plans before landing his dream job years and thousands of pages later. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their daughters. Find out more about the author at www.brentweeks.com or on Twitter @brentweeks.