Ghostwater (Cradle #5) by Will Wight

The world-building is beyond average; it’s awesome. Will Wight literally has a different world-building because each book is set in a different location.

Ghostwater is the fifth book in the Cradle series.

What I love most about this series are the pace and character development. Each book focuses on a different idea, and this one is about Ghostwater. The fight scenes, magic system, dialogues, great depiction of friendship, and amazing characters are some of my favorite things about this book.

Ghostwater is a pocket world created by Northstrider,(a monarch). The world was abandoned 50 years before this book. After the brief wake of the Phoenix, Ghostwater’s anchor is no longer solid, and the world is said to collapse in a couple of months. The Skysworn were then sent to investigate and what they saw was more than they expected.

“The difference between perceived strength and actual strength is smaller than you would believe”

This book also shows more insight into the magic caste. The ones initially mentioned in the previous books are Copper, Iron, low gold, high gold, true gold, under lord, over lord and arch lord in ascending order. There was a few mentions of Monarch and Sage, I know they are higher than the ones mentioned above, but I don’t know which is higher. Now we have Heralds, another powerful magic caste. I don’t know where they fit yet, but I hope to explain better in the next book.

Moving on, I love this book as much as I do the other previous ones. The world-building is beyond average; it’s awesome. Will Wight literally has a different world-building because each book is set in a different location. The book is written in third person multiple POV.

My favorite character remains Lindon. He remains true to his beliefs, and he is humble, kind, and courageous. He is brave but not arrogant.

Yerin is so cynical and realistic, and I like that about her. It makes her friendship with Lindon all the better. They compliment each other.

Mercy Acura is the daughter of the Acura monarch, details on why she left her family are still vague, but I like her already. She is such a good person.

There are many new characters in this. My favorite is Dross, a sentient construct. His opinion of everything is hilarious. Then there’s Kiel. He’s still sort of a mystery, and I can’t wait to read more about him in the next book.