Read Skysworn Cradle Book 4 Audible Audio Edition Will Wight Travis Baldree Hidden Gnome Publishing Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 8 hours and 13 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Unabridged Publisher Hidden Gnome Publishing Audible.com Release Date January 23, 2019 Whispersync for Voice Ready Language English, English ASIN B07MWZ3L3V

Skysworn Cradle Book 4 Audible Audio Edition Will Wight Travis Baldree Hidden Gnome Publishing Books Reviews

• the story feels so rushed and underdeveloped that it just doesn't fit with the rest of the series. the other books were perfectly paced, where focus was drawn to where it was needed,and then flowed so nothing felt slow or repetitive. we still got a great look at the characters, and their world. but this book has the highest stakes in the series, but passes over them so quickly that you can't appreciate it or care about the characters. i was more invested in fight demonstration with eight year olds than the battle for the fate of the world. it needs an extra hundred pages to live up to the potential of this series
• A good follow-up within the Cradle series but not necessarily a great follow-up. This is a book that is tasked with the set-up of the rest of Will Wight's story imo. As a result, it feels almost like half a book. Don't get me wrong, it's still entertaining and I have no regrets about purchasing it as soon as it was out.
  
  A lot of incidents occur in this book and they seemed rushed. Lindon's development seems halted (even though his growth will be picked up in the following books) while Yerin continues to be awesome as usual (but isn't fleshed out as well int his book as with the previous books). I think Will Wight could have gotten away with another 50 or so pages to tell the same story but giving it a little more time to develop while allowing himself more space/time to flesh everything out.
  
  All in all, I'd say this was the weakest book in the series so far but that won't stop me from buying the next as soon as it's out. I appreciate what the author is doing. It's not easy being a fan and waiting years for the followup book in a series and the author understands this based on the fact that Will has managed about 2 or so books in this series every year. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing this journey with Lindon and the rest of the team. I hope the coming books as just as good if not better than the first 3. I re-read those recently and am still amazed by them (the second book in the series is probably my favorite).
  
  Thank you Will for bringing us along on this journey -D
• Frankly, this book should either have been twice as long, or split into two books. There is way too much going on, and almost no time is devoted to developing out the story as we are rushed to the finish line. The author tries to cram what amounts to two seperate stories into less than 300 pages, and the quality drops as much as one would expect given this.
  
  The fight sequence between Jai Long and Lindon which was meticulously built up is wasted, being both utterly confusing, and completely anticlimactic. This is definitely a theme, as the book piles more on us without really explaining what the hell is going on, keeping a fast, confusing pace.
  
  What we end with is a book that was awkwardly realized, and leaves the reader wondering what the hell just happened.
• This book is the low point in the series so far; it isn’t bad, but is not as good as the others. The plot is a bit underdeveloped and doesn't quite fit with the previous books. Like some others reviewers have said, it has a lot of setting up the next books, and this one suffers because of it. I really like Yerin, but some of her choices are a bit questionable and the resolution of her conflict is a bit fast. And Lindon is looking more and more like a puppet of others, he doesn’t decide much himself and others are always telling him what to do.
• First off this is a great series, my favorite among self-published authors on . I have to agree with other reviews that this is the weakest of the series, however it still warrants a 5-star review. The 2nd and 3rd book move forward at such a breakneck pace that some seem to have forgotten that Lindon does not progress at all in the first book. This book lacks the physical progression that Lindon made during the last two books, but instead focuses on his progression mentally. He does have a major breakthrough as he realizes how far he still has to go and reaffirms his commitment to progression. I see this book as setting the stage for his next big breakthroughs. Can't wait to read book five and see what happens next. Keep it up Will!
• Let my start by saying I love this series. One of the things I have consistently liked about it is the steady progression Lindon makes in progressing his power. The work he puts in is felt by the reader and at the end of Blackflame I was looking forward to seeing how Lindon would continue to push in order to surprise Jai Long at the duel. I was disappointed that this book does not have any of this. It practically skips the remaining time between the end of Blackflame and the beginning of the duel.
  
  I enjoyed reading through the story and it certainly packs a lot of action, but I feel like the times of reflection that helped the pacing for the previous story were largely missing.
  
  This book focuses on action and a crisis, and while these are probably necessary to the plot, it was a whole lot all at once without much space for the reader to absorb it. Considering that it's only been about 5 months since the last book released I can't really fault the story for feeling short, but as a standalone novel this feels short. One of the things I've always liked about Will's writing is that he doesn't bog down his story with unnecessary details, his descriptions convey enough to be interesting but don't wallow in the setting to the point that I'm bored. It feels like he gave the plot this same treatment and I don't think it works as well on the plot as it does on his scenes.
  
  What I've said is mostly negative but I largely enjoyed the book, those were my biggest complaints. At the end of the day if you've read through the series up to this point you should definitely buy the book, but be prepared going in for it to feel shorter than the previous installment.