(And to comply with “Gift with Purchase Promotion Terms” listed by Abrams Books.) one of the current six rulers has to die to break the curses.Īnd there are much more! But I won’t list all of them out since this book hasn’t been published yet.on the night of the curses that were cast 500 years ago, all six rulers died and their powers transferred to their heirs.but the Sunling ruler of the Sun Isle is the king of Lightlark.the island was cut into several pieces thousands of years ago, and each island piece is ruled by a different ruler.this year’s Centennial was the first the Nightshade ruler Grimshaw had been invited to.the island of Lightlark appears for just a hundred days every hundred years for the six rulers of different realms to participate in the deadly games called the Centennial.Too Many Rules & Conditionsīut I do think that there are lots of rules and conditions attached to the fantastical world of Lightlark that make it confusing. The first five chapters of Lightlark were as interesting as the synopsis! They did live up to the hype with fascinating world building and characters that you want to read more about. The first set of gifts being awarded to those who preordered is a set of 6 custom page overlays of the six rulers from Lightlark illustrated by Karla Ortega ( One ruler is being revealed every 2 weeks on Alex Aster’s IG page, and so far, the main character Isla Crown of Wildling, Celeste of Starling, Azul of Skyling, and Cleo of Moonling have been revealed: Images from Alex Aster’s official IG page. *To receive the gifts, you need to have preordered the novel before and submitted this form: And I also wanted to receive the official gifts.

About the deadly games the six rulers have to play in order for them to break their wicked curses. I genuinely wanted to read about the mysterious island that appears every 100 years.

But Alex Aster’s video made me purchase a book months before its release. There are stacks of classics and fictions I haven’t gotten to yet, so I borrow books I don’t have from the library. Now, you see, I usually don’t buy books because I already have too many.

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