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Kingdoms and Chaos by Kel Kade

iam_griff's review against another edition

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4.0

This installment was sooo much better than the previous book in the series. Rezkin, his friends & allies fight to make Cael a recognized kingdom to the Gendishen kingdom which results in going after a sword of prophesy. This book felt like a Dungeons & Dragons adventure as "the party" goes from place to place being told that if you want recognition of your country you're going to have to do THIS for me. The pace of the book was excellent as Kade's story propelled you forward with plenty of action & humour, plus just a touch of romance. Many of the characters relationships & interactions, Malcius begin to work thru his anger with Yserria over the loss of Palis. Tieran gains more maturity & better depth of character. Frisha is still just too damn whiny, but does begin to resolve her feelings. Tam is really flourishing as Rezkin's apprentice, but inadvertently lands himself in deep trouble. There were some interesting revelations to Rezkin & his past. There are still plenty of surprises as the whole of this story unfolds.

siobhan_1234's review against another edition

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5.0

Amazing as always

Cant wait for the next one! Such a good book. The way Rez is developing every book makes me so excited to see this universe expand.

inbookishworld's review against another edition

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3.0

„Królestwa i chaos” to bezpośrednia kontynuacja „Legend Ahn”, które trochę mnie rozczarowały, więc do tego tomu podchodziłam z ogromną rezerwą. Na szczęście nie rozczarowałam się.

Przyjaciołom Rezkina autorka poświęca więcej uwagi i po raz pierwszy Kel Kade rozbija akcję na kilka punktów widzenia. Towarzysze Reza dostają własne misje, które mamy szansę także obserwować. Frisha definitywnie przestaje irytować i zaczyna używać rozumu. Tam podejmuje się niezwykle ryzykownego zadania. Dodatkowo wreszcie dowiadujemy się kim jest Rezkin, kim są jego rodzice, a także do czego tak naprawdę był szkolony. Młody wojownik jest także rozdarty między tym co słuszne, a tym jak powinien postępować zgodnie z zasadami.

„Królestwa i chaos” nie zawiodły mnie. Powieść szybko wciągnęła mnie, a wydarzenia są tutaj definitywnie ciekawsze niż w tomie trzecim. Widać ogromny rozwój w piórze autorki – lepsza kreacja bohaterów oraz ciekawiej zarysowany świat.

Czytając „Królestwa i chaos”, byłam przekonana, że jest to już finał, więc możecie sobie wyobrazić moje zdziwienie, gdy dotarłam do ostatnich stron, a przede mną było więcej pytań niż odpowiedzi. Mam nadzieję, że ostatni tom się pojawi, bo ten pojawił się za granicą już cztery lata temu.

rileslol's review

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adventurous dark hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.75

max_booth's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

leenichole's review against another edition

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2.0

This entire book is one long series of World of Warcraft-style fetch quests.

"In order to get permission to do the thing you've already done, you must travel to this place and retrieve the magical artifact of prophecy."

"We have the magical artifact of prophecy but will only give it to you if you travel to this place and bring back this person."

"In order to leave with this person, you must successfully complete my elaborate skills test!"

"Surprise! You found the person, but we don't actually have the magical artifact of prophecy. You're going to have to go here and talk to this guy to get it."

"I am the guy who really has the magical artifact of prophecy but I won't give it to you until you complete this task for me."

I hate fetch questing in video games and I don't like it any better in fantasy novels. This is by far the worst book in the series. There is just enough important detail here that I'm not completely pissed off that I read it, but approximately 90% of this book could have been cut.

jwels's review

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4.0

I liked these books as the storyline comes from an unexpected ditectoon. It's interesting to see how the protagonist grows and what he was supposed to be. I'm looking forward to the next book.

brianbell7's review against another edition

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4.0

reviewing mostly for my own memory for when book 5 comes out.. I'm somewhere between 3.75 and 4 stars on this one. Much better than book 3, by far. The reason I'm not higher than 4 stars is because when the series came out, I thought it was going to be a little more "regular" fantasy than "epic" fantasy. The author has introduced so many kingdoms and characters, it's just more than I thought I was bargaining for and have to pay more attention to the book. That said, I liked it. Just a ton of new characters and various kingdom rules to try to keep track of and most likely will forget most of it by the time book 5 comes out. Listened on audible, not read.

zeniar's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny

4.0

scream1ng_walnut's review

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adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

3.75