“Hello, little enemies.”

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The Stone Sky is the third and final book in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy accomplishes the difficult task of ending the complicated story in a way that is both exciting and satisfying. It was rewarding to finally learn about how the moon was sent away. We learn how the guardians were created and what that piece of iron is in their heads. We finally learn about the creation of the stone eaters and their history. We find out where the guardians go during the seasons and we find Corepoint, where stone eaters are the only inhabitants after Essun opened the Obelisk Gate in the previous adventure.

Nassun is on a mission to pull the moon into the earth to destroy everything because she has lived in a world of only loss and hate. She killed her father and her new father Schaffa is in so much pain and suffering that she can only see one way to free him from that pain. She will use the Obelisk Gate to end it all if no one can stop her.

Essun still just wants to find her daughter but she also wants to fix the world by putting the moon back into orbit where it will end the endless cycle of seasons humanity has faced for thousands of years. Before she can do this she has to help get the Castrima people to a new home in the now vacant community previously owned by those that she entirely obliterated in the war they started. Then off to save the world.

This book was a lot of fun and I enjoyed getting to the deepest roots of that I only barely understood when I started reading The Fifth Season so long ago. There is so much to this fantastic adventure and it was satisfying to be given the information that gives the whole thing context and clarification. Plenty of books keep things vague and confusing but The Stone Sky answered all the questions I had in a way that was exciting and intrigueing and the climax of it all was well worth the trip.

I definitely recommend this book and obviously the entire series to anyone that wants to dive into a unique world full of earthly pleasures. It has heartache, action, and impossible decisions to be made. It is mature and innocent all at once. I enjoyed the second-person style a lot and found the whole thing easy to read. I feel like I know the characters very well and that they will live on in the world between the pages.

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