Review: A Dragon of Black Glass: Moonfall, Book 3 by James Rollins

A Dragon of Black Glass: Moonfall, Book 3 by James Rollins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an ALC of this book via Netgalley, all opinions are my own. Nicola Barber has done a wonderful job narrating the series!

This is the 3rd Moonfall series, and I have been hooked since book 1. This is not the end of the series, I'm not sure if the book with end with 4 or 5 books in total, I've seen indications of both since the beginning of the series. This series has a ton of characters and bounces around alot from perspective to perspective, so it isn't going to be for everyone as there is alot of information to keep track of. The audio books are on the long side 22-25ish hours, so you need to be invested in the characters and their journey. I have found the pacing to be good and the world building to be engrossing. There are several genres represented in the books and series over all, we have court politics, as well as some cool science fiction elements, a bit of magic, action, adventure, and so much more. I'm anxious to see where our group heads in the next book.

As moonfall approaches, Nyx, her friends, and her ever present bat companion Bashaliia must race across the lands where the sun never sets to find the secrets to getting the earth turning again and preventing the apocalypse. On their journey they find only more secrets and more danger as the world on the sun filled side of the earth has learned to adapt and hide from the blazing heat, just as it did on the cold side. Nyx must continue to work on her understanding and control of her bridle song as it will be a key component to saving or destroying the world. While Nyx and her crew are braving the desert and fighting new monsters, elsewhere Kanthe is fighting a different kind of fight. He is dealing with political scheming and working with his new bride to gain allies where they can and uncover plots against them.

This does end with a cliffhanger so be prepared for that. The stakes are pretty high toward the end and I know readers who are invested are going to want to know what happens sooner rather than later. Each of our characters has a goal and a purpose and the author does a good job keeping the reader invested in that plotline before you can forget about them and what they are doing. I'm very anxious to see how our characters proceed with preventing moonfall and navigate all of the various other obstacles that are thrown their way in book 4.

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Review: The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins

The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an audio ARC of this book via Netgalley, thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing me an opportunity to review this book. As always, all opinions expressed in my review are my own. This book was published on February 7, 2023 and is available now in ebook, print, and audio.


After reading The Starless Crown last year, I couldn't wait for the next installment. This was one of my most anticipated books of 2023 and it did not disappoint. While this doesn't end on a what I would consider a cliffhanger, it is very clear that the series is not complete. I'm not sure how many books will be in the series, but I want the next book ASAP. This is a great epic fantasy with some sci-fi elements as well. It is a mix of all of the things I really enjoy about the genre and while it is a bit on the long side, I'm here for ever minute of the journey.


I will say that this book and series has alot going on. If you have trouble keeping track of lots of plot lines and characters, you may not enjoy this book. When I read book 1 I had both the print book and the audiobook going and I found that much easier to keep track of everyone and everything that was going on. This book is long, the audio is just over 26 hours, so if you can't keep track of what is going on it makes things really difficult and hard to stay invested in the story and characters. This time I only had the audio and it was a little harder to keep track of everything. After a few chapters, I was able to settle in and remember who everyone was and stay invested in the story. Speaking of the audiobook the narrator, Nicola Barber was really enjoyable. She did a good job giving a voice to the many characters in the book so you knew who was present in each chapter and who was speaking during dialogue.


As I mentioned this is a tad on the long side, there are times when I felt like the pace and the plot dragged a bit. I find this often occurs in epic fantasy/sci-fi when there are so many plotlines and characters and the author often switches between them from chapter to chapter. You will just start to get invested in one plotline, then you will jump to what is going on somewhere else. The transitions can be a bit jarring and the reader has to remember what was going on a few chapters ago with that part of the story. This also contains many of the tropes that you tend to find in epic fantasy novels and is not devoid of action. This has all of the things I love about a long fantasy/sci-fi novel to keep me interested until the end, it has political intrigue, fight scenes, cool science elements, an interesting magic system, and interesting characters.


Overall, I'm loving this series and I can't wait to find out what happens next.
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