Song of the Divided Review

Angel and demons go to war once again in the third and final part of CJ Sullivan’s Wings of the Divided trilogy. Song of the Divided is set immediately after the ending of the second book, following the separation of fallen angel Laphelle and goodie two-shoes Gidyon. 

Now all by his lonesome, Laphelle finds himself in a desolated waste land and sets out across desert, caves and warped forests to find out who he used to be. This is all while trying to avoid moving plants with eyeballs that want to eat his boots and the twisted ‘vivors’ who would prefer to chow down on his flesh. 

While all this is going on, Gidyon begins his own journey of discovery to find out who he really is. Trained to be a healer, but gifted with the skills and instinct of a natural-born warrior, Gidyon sets out to discover his true calling. 

The story alternates between Laphelle and Gidyon but also weaves in a third tale told from fallen angel, Malynko’s, point of view. Malynko, having served the underworld for thousands of years, begins to ask certain questions about why he does what he does. All this goes on while the threat of all-out war between the factions of light and darkness looms, in ever increasing urgency, over their heads.

If you’ve read my briefer Amazon or Goodreads reviews, you will know that I complimented the author on how well she wrote these three interweaving perspectives. I’ve seen authors try this before with more than two characters and they usually get lost along the way, leaving a confused plot and flat characters. CJ Sullivan does not fall into this category however. Her three leads are well-rounded with many sides to their personalities. 

In my reviews of the previous books in this series, I did comment that some of the characters lacked personality but I feel this has gone into complete reverse in book three. Even the co-characters seem really thought out and have plenty to offer. 

Like the second book in this series, Song of the Divided sees the characters travelling between worlds. Again, in my review of the second book, I felt at times that the constant location changes made the story disjointed. This time though it seems to work really well. I felt a combination of fewer places and far deeper scene setting really went a long way. Each locale really drew me into their unique environments.

Song of the Divided is definitely the best of the three and a great end to a fantastic series.

It gets 9/10.