Sure, there were a good amount of sad tears, but Weeks had me into the waterworks at every reunion and hug, let alone the moments of significance. The Burning White had me crying in almost every chapter.
I’m an emotional reader, fairly easy to move to tears. I think this series is one of the rare few instances where a second or third read would continue to yield satisfying insights and novel revelations. I don’t feel like a reread is needed to have the novel feel complete, instead as a way to pick up on the nuances and deliberately vague references that I might have missed during the first pass.
While this might sound like a complaint that likely compounded my feelings of needing a reread, I can’t say enough how much I still enjoyed the clever complexity of this whole series. To be honest, I worry that some of the fast paced maneuvering went over my head, leaving me feeling as though there were a lot of loose ends, when in reality it might have been resolved in a subtle interaction I failed to connect a bigger meaning. As I finished the last page, I was filled with the overwhelming urge to begin a reread of The Lightbringer series to now reexamine the finished jigsaw puzzle under fresh eyes. The Burning White was chock full of multilayered, complex revelations that significantly changed motivations and foundations that had been established for key characters since book one. Interestingly and much to his credit, my good friend Cory recommended both series to me. Brett, is another series that comes to mind that I comparably raved about. For reference, The Demon Cycle by Peter V. It has been such a long time since I’ve read a completed series (that isn’t an established classic) and enjoyed almost every part of it. I’m currently in the midst of not only a book hangover, but indeed a whole series hangover.
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