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So…this is how it ends? What happened to brin and tesh and tressa?
Persephone just ended up being nyphrons broodmare? Brin is now the prophesied golden child? And what of suri and minna? So many unanswered questions

jerbee02's review against another edition

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5.0

I’m rating 5 stars sight unseen, because after reading “Age of Myth” (and all of his previous work, including short stories), I ended up putting down the series until the final installment was complete. I find his work to be so well written that, rather than reading as they are published then waiting a year or so for the next to be released, that I’d just have to delay my gratification until the end... which is soon upon us! I have zero doubt I’ll enjoy this as much as his other series, and as much as I enjoyed AoM.

dharmlost's review against another edition

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5.0

He did it again, another book that I could not put down. Not that I wanted to, because it was just so good. Thank you, Michael, for the journey and the stories. I simply cannot wait for more.

kmcnay's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A very conflicted 4.25 here. I was genuinely ready to give this 5 stars. I even said around the 320 page mark that as long as the ending was satisfying, it would be another 5 star read for me. I felt like everything from the series was coming together perfectly and the loose ends I wanted tied up were being tied up, but the last several chapters of the book felt rushed and incomplete to me.

I was a little let down by Brin’s end… or more specifically by The Book of Brin’s end. Could she not have given Trilos the key’s location (real or fake) and used that borrowed time to quickly get her book to safety then kill herself to beat him to the key? Suri returning to the Glen felt right but again, rushed. Overall, it just felt like we did so well and had this amazing story that got reduced to a total bummer in the last two chapters. It felt like he was trying to tie things back into the Riyria timeline. I wouldn’t be so bothered by this ending, I think, if I had read the Riyria series first, but this turn felt so without warning that I just feel a little let down.

Overall, I have to thank Michael J Sullivan for getting me back into reading again with this series. I hope to one day venture into his other works.

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