4.5 stars. That was a TON of exhilarating fun.

Another fantastic entry to the Cradle series! So many incredible fights and action-packed sequences that had me on the edge of my seat! Brilliant writing, character development, progression, expansion of the world and lore. Some really massive changes and impacts and huge amounts of payoff - especially at the end! These books are generally great all the way through, but the endings of the last handful have been particularly spectacular. Can't wait to jump into the next one!

Wow.Wow wow wow.I had a lot of expectations coming into this book. A year of waiting, of reading through the whole series multiple times, of listening to the audiobooks, of spending time in the fan communities on Reddit and Discord, talking about Cradle and speculating about what we would get in Wintersteel, what questions would be answered. Wintersteel delivered everything I had hoped for and then some. I had hoped for a book on the level of Underlord or Ghostwater, and then I got a book that w...

Awesome! This is the best one yet! Will really outdid himself this time! The ending almost had me in tears. Wow.

I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/petrikleoWintersteel is the most action-packed volume, with some of the finest action scenes, within the series so far. “There are a million Paths in this world, Lindon, but any sage will tell you they can all be reduced to one. Improve yourself.” The story in Wintersteel focuses mostly on the second half of the unfinished Uncrowned King tournament. The conflict and tensions between the remaining competitors are ve...

3rd Reading:Yes, this is one of my top 3 books in the series. The end of this is amazing.The tournament in this book starts to get stale and a little boring just seeing two people fight. It's cool, but I found myself wanting to skip forward, unless it was Eithan. The final match was amazing. The focus of the book is when LIndon gets to Sky's Edge and then I'm on the edge of my seat. It's so good.I will have to say, it's hard to see Lindon being so much better by the end than in the tournament. H...

Goddamn. What a book. So much pay off in this one. Especially with Eithan, I loved every moment with him. I can't wait to see what happens next.

What a GLORIOUS apotheosis!

This Review ✍️ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 Support me ☕ “The only true defeat is death.” Unsouled ★★★ 3/4Soulsmith ★★★ 1/2Blackflame ★★★★Skysworn ★★★★ 1/4Ghostwater ★★★★Underlord ★★★★ 1/4Uncrowned ★★★★ 1/2Wintersteel ★★★★ 1/2Wintersteel is currently my favorite book in this series which has been improving with each and every entry. Since I am up to date now with all the releases in the series, I should thank my friends David and TS Chan who insisted on me reading the series because

Buddy read with SnezanaThis is the best book I’ve read this year.Wintersteel is book 8 of the Cradle series and it began with a bang, given that Uncrowned ended with a cliffhanger, I love how the author began this book. The book opened with an interesting prologue about what took the Sage of the Endless sword to Sacred Valley, it was very informative.Moving on, the author took the readers(me) back to the tournament and omg, it is the best thing I’ve read in forever, the fight scenes and battle s...

For more reviews, go to www.wolfmantula.com📖/🎧 Kindle WhispersyncThis was an incredible addition to the series and completely filled with nonstop, epic action. Some truly glorious fights! I took my time reading this one, mainly because it’s coming to an end very soon and I wanted to soak it all up before having to wait for the next book.There’s not really much more I can say other than if you have reached this point in the series, I know you’re in love with it the way that I and many, many other...

4.75 stars“But danger, properly harnessed, is opportunity.”Most people who follow my Twitter and reviews probably know by now that I love this series…..like a lot. The combination of intense, fast paced action, characters that you grow to love, and a plot/world that get more interesting and engaging with every book has gotten me to the point where every new book that comes out in this series is started the day of publication. Wintersteel was no exception to that rule.It would be a crime to not g...

4.5 stars.Wintersteel was yet another immensely addictive, fun and fantastic continuation in the Cradle series, which just keeps getting more epic with each book. We’ve arrived at the pinnacle of the second act of the series (on the basis that I’m breaking up the planned 12 books into three acts of four books each), and true to its sub-genre as a progression fantasy, everything about the story has been progressing to increasingly more spectacular levels. Looking back to the first book, Unsouled,...

Lol, not even out yet but 5/5. Great series.

5.0 stars---"Wintersteel" is everything I've wanted from this series. It has been a slow build, but the ride has been fun. I highly recommend this series to anyone who likes action and what I like to call Kung-fu fantasy. The action and the characters' personal growth are what make this series fun, the books have slowly been getting better since I enjoyed "Unsouled" (book 1) a few months ago. This is my first series I've read in the "Progression?" genre and I enjoy it, but I'm not sure that I'll...

Solid entry in the series. I liked it far more than Uncrowned but less than the others. So, Will Wight said, soon after the release of Uncrowned that despite the title, this was going to be "A Lindon book". It's not. It's almost completely focused on Yerin and if you like the character that's great and you will love Wintersteel so much. But I can't stand her and I think she is a blatant Mary Sue with a terrible personality and little character. Will loves her a lot, and it shows. Always had. But...

Legendary! Oh man. I can't even begin for this one and really anything I say is going to pale in comparison to actually reading the book. All I'll say is that Will is an absolute God at his craft, and I one day hope to channel a fraction of his power.

Think of everything that means "awesome" and apply it to this book.Honestly this is one of my favorite series that I've happened upon and surprisingly I first found it on Unlimited with a few free books. I do wish that every book in the series was as long as this one so that I can enjoy it all the more. It is still a fast read that if I had had the time could have devoured in a day or so. We experience a bit more point of view this go around but the story again remains engaging. This series is c...

Actual rating: 4.5 starsIncredibly satisfying installment!

The Uncrowned King tournament comes closer to conclusion while a Dreadgod is preparing to rise. Monarchs and their followers scheme and train to see who will claim a power great enough to destroy a Dreadgod.Wintersteel was a very enjoyable story. It was the longest book in the series and that allowed the author room for a lot of developments to take place. The story begins with Yerin, Mercy, Eithan, and the other Uncrowned train for their upcoming matches for a month. Lindon is left out and is g...