Review: Rage (Stormheart #2)

Rage (Stormheart #2)
By Cora Carmack

Published By: Tor Publishing
Publication Date: August 27, 2019
Date Read: September 24, 2023
Genre: YA – Fantasy
Source: Bought
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 460

From Goodreads:
Princess or adventurer.

Duty or freedom.

Her Kingdom or the Stormhunter she loves.

If Aurora knows anything, it’s that choices have consequences. To set things right, she joins a growing revolution on the streets of Pavan.

In disguise as the rebel Roar, she puts her knowledge of the palace to use to aid the rebellion. But the Rage season is at its peak and not a day passes without the skies raining down destruction. Yet these storms are different—they churn with darkness, and attack with a will that’s desperate and violent.

This feels like more than rage.

It feels like war.

“Sometimes the most important thing a person could do was to simply show up.”

I’ve been such a huge fan of Cora Carmack ever since her debut romance novel, Losing It, released. I was so excited when she started writing fantasy as fantasy books are my all time favourite genre. Despite this, and the fact that I absolutely adored Roar, Rage has sat on my TBR for years before I finally picked it up. I am so sad I left it so long as this book was absolutely fantastic!

Despite it being a good 4 years since I read Roar, I picked up the characters and storyline really easily. Cora is absolutely fantastic at reminding you of what happened in the previous book without it feeling overly repetitive. I was immediately sucked back into this amazing world of storm magic and it felt like the perfect autumnal read (especially as I read it during a rainstorm). I honestly loved so many elements of this book. The characters are fantastic, and I quickly fell back in love with Roar and Locke. I am such a big shipper of theirs, and they honestly break my heart with their miscommunication.

Rage was an emotional rollercoaster. I was obsessed and excited over the storyline and the action. I was swooning and in love with Roar and Locke’s relationship. I was intrigued and interested in the back story that starts in the prologue. It was just a whole journey of every emotion, which is typical for the insane talent of Cora Carmack. The ending of this book was absolutely phenomenal and I honestly can’t wait to read the conclusion of this series when it releases. I am patiently awaiting news as this is fast becoming a favourite series of mine.

“The world was far more complicated than anyone could possible know, and it was only the truly naive who tried to pretend they understood it.”