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MY ⭐️ RATING: 4/5
Format: Kindle Whispersync
BOOK DESCRIPTION
THERE IS NO WAR. THERE IS ONLY REBELLION.
Alijah’s reign sweeps from Erador to Ayda. Those who would stand against the king are few, their numbers cast across too many battlefields. Does hope lie in the east? Can the elves turn the tide and keep The Rebellion alive?
The weight of Dhenaheim now rests on Doran’s shoulders. Chained and imprisoned, the clans are shattered and spread across the realm. On the island of Qamnaran, they build to the heavens. In The Moonlit Plains, they dig down into the dark. Only the Heavybellys have the mettle to do what must be done.
Astride the mighty Athis, Inara Galfrey fights for The Rebellion as both sword and shield. With blood and sweat she has kept Alijah’s forces at bay, but Inara knows there is only one way to defeat her brother. Following this path, however, will take her far from the front lines and into lands long forgotten.
After ten thousand years, the future that was foretold looms near. But Fate has one last hand to deal…
MY REVIEW
Surprisingly, this is my lowest rating for this series so far, though I did still enjoy this, there was just a little bit to it that made me question things. First, the Star Wars themes I keep talking about don’t stop, I can feel it throughout each book and it didn’t stop here. The pacing of the story felt a little faster than previous installments of the series, at least early on and towards the end it did, the battles that take place just made it feel faster because they were so intense and had my focus causing me to keep going to see what happened next. In between that though, is where it had me questioning things, like the splitting up of the characters while there was this massive war going on. The reasoning made sense, but at the same time, there is a massive war happening and you take away some of your best warriors to do a side-quest.
The crazy part about all of this, is that, with this being the penultimate book of the series, and of all three book two’s of this saga, this is the one that felt the most like it suffered from the dreaded “middle book syndrome.” While it was exciting to see a lot of the battles that happened, they were a bit inconsequential, more characters were dropped in like mermen and centaurs, but were essentially relegated to name dropping to show they were in the world, rather than being used within the story. And then there is one of the things I dislike the most in movies or books, and that is the “I’ve got dire info that needs to be shared, but a sound happened and now it can wait to be told later.” All that sounds like this is terrible, but I assure you, it is not. The “side-quests” become exciting and they uncover great information as well as more thrilling fight scenes, plus the epilogue had me super excited to see how the finale ends!
“I think every generation believes there were simpler times. All have known hardship, from the dawn of the world I’m sure. What defines them is their will to overcome such hardships and forge a better tomorrow.”
Doran is still my favorite and as I always say, he’s a scene thief. I always love when I get to read his parts or when he shows up. Inara, Asher, Galanör and Alijah in particular were also tremendous throughout, each of their growth stood out more than anyone, even if Alijah is the big baddie. With that being said, I had some issues with one particular character. Vighon has grown on me throughout the series with his development, he did get better as it went on, but I’m just not sure I loved the direction his character went during a majority of this particular book, I really struggled with him.
I still have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Steven Brands narration, since I feel that he has a bit of a monotonous voice, but as I’ve said before, he’s definitely growing on me and I can feel a difference from the first trilogy to now, maybe he himself, has grown as a narrator, though the voices are still a bit too similar for my taste. The whispersync audio production issues I’ve had are still there, like I said before, it doesn’t hurt my experience with the story, but it does hurt my OCD brain hearing a sentence or paragraph finish and the highlighting several words behind or ahead, Podium really needs to fix this issue.
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