Soulstar

Kingston Cycle, Book 3

By: C. Polk

Narrated by: Robin Miles

With Soulstar, C. L. Polk concludes her riveting Kingston Cycle, a whirlwind of magic, politics, romance, and intrigue that began with the World Fantasy Award-winning Witchmark. Assassinations, deadly storms, and long-lost love haunt this thrilling final volume.

For years, Robin Thorpe has kept her head down, staying among her people in the Riverside neighborhood and hiding the magic that would have her imprisoned by the state. But when Grace Hensley comes knocking on Clan Thorpe's door, Robins days of hiding are at an end. As freed witches flood the streets of Kingston, scrambling to reintegrate with a kingdom that destroyed their lives, Robin begins to plot a course that will ensure a freer, juster Aeland. At the same time, she has to face her long-bottled feelings for the childhood love that vanished into an asylum 20 years ago.

Can Robin find happiness among the rising tides of revolution? Can Kingston survive the blizzards that threaten, the desperate monarchy, and the birth throes of democracy? Find out as the Kingston Cycle comes to an end.

©2021 C.L. Polk (P)2021 Recorded Books

I really enjoyed all three stories

The narrators were good, especially the last two books. This book was only odd for me when they switched back and forth between pronouns. My brain finds it challenging to overlook inconsistencies. I do not have any issue accepting a non binary person as a character and this switching was a distraction from the actual storyline. It would have been helpful if they would have chosen they/them or e em for example. I look forward to future books by this author.

the pronoun thing

I realize the author used the switching pronouns to denote a trans character but it made things so textually confusing I have trans friends and they go by their chosen pronouns. They do not switch back and forth . I wish there was a better way to get that across than the confusing switch. Other than that, I enjoyed this whole series and found it very creative. I do wish Grace could have ended it better with her father....he might be in that tree but having to execute your own parent is pretty ghastly and whether deserved or not, I would think that would be haunting in itself.

Not as good as first 2

Was very confused with using his/hers/she/him to identify one person. Doesn’t bother me but kinda didn’t have an explanation or reason it just was and I had no idea what was going on at first

Excellent

The entire series had the best readers in the world. The stories are complex and the romance is not over the top. I like the magic bits too and even though there is violence it’s not over dramatized.

Good Series

I enjoyed the first book the most, but the series is good. I agree that continually changing pronouns for a main character is silly and meaningless. Use whatever pronouns you choose, but an author doesn't need to flip them around. It draws attention to nothing. Many characters are androgynous in these books.