Review: Returned to the Light

Returned to the Light by C.M. Radcliff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the sequel to When Darkness Consumes and you must read that first before reading this book. This story takes place two years later and while some may feel that is a long gap, trust me it makes sense as you read this book on why there is a gap. I’ll just say that it took that long for our broken hearts to heal even though we didn’t have to wait two years for this book (haha). I’m so glad that the author decided to write more on Ryder and Lydia cause she probably could have ended it on book one and left it as was even though with all the bad that happened it satisfied you, but we all know they had more of a story to give us. We had a lot of Q & A’s, but we weren’t sure if “the day she came back to me was the same day I lost her” was enough to pacify us as readers and if Ryder and Lydia were ever made to go beyond this factor. Ryder and Lydia’s story is not complete and the secrets are far from over.
Lydia’s darkness consumed you in book one and returning home was just as consuming and you feel the fear of knowing that with all good things must come the bad so what’s going to occur in this story. Oh, you just wait for it cause these lips are sealed! Pure torture, but you will see how far she has grown as well as the horrible events that she endured.
Ryder was never really perfect, but he is more of a mess than ever now with Lydia gone. Lydia’s ghosted memories and revenge on Subway boy doesn’t him heal. You see the mixed emotions he goes through before, during and after the return of Lydia. A lot of changed, but their love never was far even though they were far away. No one is perfect let alone a relationship, but once all the suspense and secrets are prevailed you will see that there is light at the end of a tunnel after all. I will say though that whether it was or wasn’t didn’t matter from the moment Ryder finds out a little something, but my heart is happy and then some with the results. Sorry that it is vague, but this is not a spoiler to be spoken until you read the story. Trust me though it’s worth the wait cause you see a softer side of Ryder.
We saw the Darkness in book one and in this book we see the Light to heal our hearts. Love that it was told from dual POV and we couldn’t ask for a better ending to these two characters. Hopefully we see them down the road!


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