The combination of the Path of Blackflame being unraveled gradually with the inclusion of monstrous creatures and complex villains that were missing from the previous books made the rising quality of the series provided in Blackflame unstoppable.
The flashy moves portrayed by the Blackflame, Silver Steps, and The Path of the Endless Swords were just utterly fascinating. Will Wight has proven this notion once again, and this time the series all the better for it.
I’ve mentioned in my Unsouled review that Cradle is a progression fantasy, similar to Naruto/shonen manga, every book or story arc will most likely showcase the main character’s advancement and attainment of a stronger power. “That was the real lesson: if you were powerful enough, you could accomplish anything.” So much scheming, so much flashy moves, so much deadly strikes, so much power. I’m not kidding I’m hurting myself here from holding back on telling you the details of the action sequences in this book that involved him. Eithan stole the spotlight, simple as that. I have also mentioned how Eithan charmed me since his first entrance, and I grew to feel that he seriously WILL be the best character of the series. The deeply developed world-building and intricate magic system established in the previous books start to pay off wonderfully. The situation demands Lindon to, once again, train himself to a new height of power, an extreme circumstance requires extreme measure, and the training/trial montage featured in this book is the most engaging in the series so far. Lindon has a new life or death mission assigned to him, an impossibly difficult duel to win and he has only a year of training and powering up to achieve this impossible feat. Blackflame, the third book in Cradle series, picks up from where Soulsmith left off, and the book features some of the most exciting narrative and destructive action sequences within the series so far.
“The Path of Black Flame was stolen from ancient dragons.
The cast of characters has been expanded, and the protagonists and antagonists are clearer now. Don’t get me wrong, the first two books were fun, they were great, and they were necessary installments full of proper foundations that made the ravaging Path of the Blackflame so compelling to read, but it truly felt like the meat of the story begins here. If I were to defined Unsouled as an invitation to Cradle, Soulsmith would be the appetizer, and Blackflame would be where the main course begins. The dragon advances Blackflame advances Cradle into an addictive series to read.
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