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MY ⭐️ RATING: 4.5/5
Format: Advanced Reader Copy
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Even gods can die. God Ascended is the stunning and powerful conclusion to Jeffrey Speight’s acclaimed Archives of Evelium trilogy. Umhra the Peacebreaker has ascended to the heavens of Kalmindon. He follows the wake of destruction Spara leaves as she pursues the annihilation of Vaila’s pantheon in her bid to become the One God. To thwart Spara’s ambitions, Umhra must travel the planes of existence to consolidate untold celestial powers. In Evelium, there are whispered hopes of the Peacebreaker’s inevitable return as future queen Turin Forene struggles to lead the remnants of mankind against the Grey Queen, whose army of blights has wreaked havoc across the continent for the last two decades.
Turin hatches a daring plan to bring her enemies to their knees with the support of the Barrow’s Pact. But they face impossible odds. With nothing left to lose, an epic final battle rages, with the futures of both Kalmindon and Evelium at stake.
🚨 I received an advanced reader copy, provided by the author for an honest review. 🚨
This did not impact my rating in any way.
MY REVIEW
I fell in love with this story back in 2021 when I first read it and even more when I got to ARC read for book 2 and now book 3, so I was thrilled that God Ascended was the perfect ending to such a wonderful story filled with everything a Dungeons and Dragons inspired novel should be, and the final send off was very movie-like which made me smile from ear to ear.
I will admit that I did struggle to get into this story in the beginning because it’s been almost two years since the sequel came out and there was no “story so far” section to kinda catch me back up on events that took place, on top of that my reviews being a bit vague on details didn’t really help either. With that said, once I was able to get settled back into the worlds of Evelium & Tyveriel, it took off and sucked me right back in to it like I never left.
“How insignificant a thing— a single life. To so many, it goes unnoticed. To so few, it is cherished. I tell you, having seen this in a new light, there is nothing more valuable.”
Mr. Speight has always done a fantastic job of fleshing out his characters and giving them such a phenomenal dynamic of banter. With such a large roster of characters of antagonists, protagonists and creatures, there was so much to enjoy between everything that happened, but of all the characters I have to say that I love Uhmra and Talus the most. Though Uhmra is the main character, I started liking Talus a bit more in the sequel, but Uhmra definitely became the favorite once again in God Ascended. Speight knows how to make interesting characters, making them likable, and hoping they succeed.
There’s nothing more exciting than a great sword & sorcery epic adventure about a half-orc ascending to be god- like, as I mentioned in my last review that the mythology was very Greek-like inspired and that same feeling carried on even more, and even something a bit evangelical about it as well. As always, Jeff does such a fantastic job of building a well written fast-paced story that’s filled with action from the very beginning to the final line of the page. I’ll miss Uhmra and all of his wonderful companions as they go off into the sunset.
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