A review by marmoo
The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce

4.0

This novel was a satisfying and fitting conclusion to the Immortals tetralogy. If it feels frustrating for the end of the series to center on a lengthy road trip through a new realm populated by new characters, at least the journey offers resolution and growth for Daine.

Much of the changes I would like to see in the series overall—a deeper sense of the characters' social positions in Tortall outside of wartime, more detail of how wild magic functions and what it costs, more breathing room for promising secondary characters who are never seen from again—add up to asking the books to be something fundamentally different than what they are: middle-grade adventure novels. If there are parts of them that don't hold as well to adult eyes (and there are), well, that's OK. Adult eyes aren't really the target demographic.

I'm still not cool with the huge age gap in the central romantic pairing though. I thought it was icky at 12, and I think it's icky now (albeit for different reasons).