The Last One on December 3, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Fiction / Fantasy / Romance
Pages: 496
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"Romantasy readers won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough." —Publishers Weekly
"Masterful storytelling with a female protagonist worth rooting for." —#1 NYT bestselling author Rebecca Yarros
Explosive and enthralling romantasy debut from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Howzell Hall...
Thrown into a desolate land of sickness and unnatural beasts, Kai wakes in the woods with no idea who she is or how she got there. All she knows is that if she cannot reach the Sea of Devour, even this hellscape will get worse. But when she sees the village blacksmith fight invaders with unspeakable skill, she decides to accept his offer of help.
Too bad he’s as skilled at annoying her as he is at fighting.
As she searches for answers, Kai only finds more questions, especially regarding the blacksmith who can ignite her body like a flame, then douse it with ice in the next breath.
And no one is what—or who—they appear to be in the kingdom of Vinevridth, including the man whose secrets might be as deadly as the land itself.
Review:
The Last One is a mix of fantasy and science fiction packed with action, twists, turns, and an interesting take on romance. The story centers around Kai, who is woken up in a forest by a thief stealing all her things, and she has no memory of who she is or where she comes from. Chasing this thief, she finds herself in the most depressing place I ever heard described in a book and would never want to visit. We spend the entire book trying to decipher a few clues about this town, Kai’s amulet, and who Kai is. For the majority of this book, all of the characters are morally gray, and I found it very tedious that we did not get any answers until the book’s last few chapters. I almost gave up at several points in this book as I wanted answers. The last one is unique as it does not include any of the main types of fantasy characters dominating the book scene in this genre. There are no fae characters or shadow daddies, but it is a different world, and the characters and the mystery behin
About Rachel Howzell Hall
RACHEL HOWZELL HALL l is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She’s Gone, which was also nominated for the Lefty-, Barry-, Shamus- and Anthony Awards and the Audible Originals bestseller How It Ends. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony-, International Thriller Writers- and Lefty Award nominee and the author of They All Fall Down, Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes and City of Saviors in the Detective Elouise Norton series. Her next thriller, These Toxic Things, out in September 2021, recently received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, calling the novel ‘cleverly-plotted’ and ‘a refreshing take on the serial killer theme.’
Rachel is a former member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America and has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast; she has also served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and the Association of Writers Programs. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
