Reviews

Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan

micaela_s's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

ssner01's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

just like tower lord (book 2 of the series) i enjoyed the story but got confused from time to time of who was with who and where they were because of the amount of names/characters in the book.

shafjac's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

sqlclause's review

5.0

As an enjoyable a read as the previous two books, though I did feel a bit cheated by an ending.

kylieqrada's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While this one did drag a tad, I loved this series overall. So excited to have discovered a new epic fantasy author with nuanced characters and intricate world-building who's not a misogynist?!?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, War, Blood, Death, Genocide, Slavery, and Murder

taylordepuydt's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars
A solid conclusion to the trilogy, however was my least favourite of the three books overall. Had some really enjoyable moments but others where I lost interest and thought some pacing was off.

jmschomers's review against another edition

4.0

I liked the ending. I found the Frentis chapters to be boring but like how Lyrna changed over the series.

janedoelish's review against another edition

3.0

Ryan's trilogy works well on the small, personal scale, but fails to convince on its pretensions to an epic scope. The Ancient Evil is easily one of the most tired tropes of fantasy fiction, and it does not work too well here.

joshuacaps's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

availle's review against another edition

2.0

I agree with a lot of other reviewers. Most of this book seemed to be a pointless exercise in character explosion. Just because someone has a name they do not need to be mentioned ever unless you make them memorable. It's just Vaelin, Francis, Reva and Lyrna surrounded by a bunch of random names in the middle of, and I quote here, "torrents of blood gushing forth".

The first two books were enjoyable, but this one just wasted my time.