I am dying about TKWNKM I truly feel Ilona Andrews as an author (duo) have found their final evolution of sorts and like as a reader it feels really fulfilling to actually be able to track their history and how they managed to get here. I wonder how this ranks for you as a fellow longtime IA reader?
I don't think this is their final evolution, I know they have a scifi opera in them (and a even bigger epic fantasy).
it's really emotional that we are reading a completely new universe from them, I remember reading the first snippet of this book and feeling lost, but years later, today, I'm sitting here with the full book in my hands and I'm still lost, but this time because I need book 2 in my hands.
I cannot rank the book right now, I know it's not topping IC, that motherfucker Hugh has me on a chockhold, but I may have to put it over HL, I don't want that hahaha, I feel like I'm betraying my family.
you know, they wrote This Kingdom (and others) instead of Hugh2, because they didn't want to write a dark book in pandemic time, and after finishing This Kingdom...
are they going to kill us with Hugh2? what the hell, how darker is that book going to be????
A sci-fi opera or another epic fantasy would be mindblowing. But I can't even dream of that with all of these ongoing series!
I also remember when the first snippets dropped on the blog. And Same, I had no idea what was going and couldn't truly get into it. I mean, I was excited, but in a general I know this book will be good, but I don't really know what it's about way.
Personally, I think for me, if the second book comes out and it's just as good, it's gonna go in 2nd right under KD. Although tbf, a lot of it has to do with writing quality. I think IA's weaknesses as writers have been seriously polished and it lets me connect even more with the world. However, if we ever get Arabella one day, I don't who I'll become. I understand why, but, damn, I need more of that Russian storyline.
Hugh 2!!!! The only reason I've been able to survive so long is because we know he gets his HEA in Kentucky. My theory is that all of the dark is connected to Elara's mysterious past, but exactly!! How much more dark can that get???
