Sisters of Shadow and Light by Sara B. Larson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars




I have read and loved every single book Sara B. Larson has written including this one.
Sisters of Shadow and Light is a brilliantly imaginative and lush world full of magic, wonder, love, sisterhood, family and action.
Sisters, Zuhra and Inara were raised in a Citadel walled by a magical giant hedge that keeps the outside world away and them in.
The Citadel is all that remains of their father's kind, the Paladins. Beings with great magical powers from another world that came to Vamala (The world the girls live in) to save it from monsters that escaped the Paladin world through a portal.
After existing with the humans for a while, the Citadel was created - a safe haven for Paladins which is also where to portal back to their world resides.
But the Paladins were betrayed by the Human King and were hunted near to extinction. By the end all that's left is Inara and her powerless older sister Zuhra.
The girls were raised in ignorance of not only their legacy but of the world beyond their haven. Any questions or wondering is swiftly silenced by their irrationally very afraid mother who freaks out at anything not normal.
Events transpire that shake their peaceful life apart, a strange curious teenage scholar boy is allowed by the sentient hedge wall for no reason known, the sisters get separated by unforeseen circumstances which leave them to find their hidden strengths and fight hard to be reunited.
There's so many amazing things about this book, the bond of the sisters which is beautiful and deep, the innocence of the girls which isn't sullied by the cruel world, the ways the magic manifest which is quite refreshing and the Gryphon's (Paladin Companions/Pets) which I simply adore!
This is one YA Fantasy book that should not be missed, Fans of Sara B. Larson will not be disappointed.
Sisters of Shadow and Light ends on a cliffhanger that simply demands with a fury, the next book. I can't wait to see what's next for these amazing sisters, I highly recommend this book.




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