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A review by whosevita
The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce
2.0
Unsatisfying end to an otherwise enjoyable fantasy series. I don't really get why Pierce chose to let the majority of the battles (which all the other books have been leading up to) happen off screen.
Also Numair and Dain.... It isn't a secret that I love a good age gap romance. GOOD being an important word. 16 and 31 is just a bit too much even for a fantasy setting. Also I didn't enjoy that there was no apparent build up to the relationship at all. Numair is entirely platonic, almost parental for all the books and then in this one he is head over heels. I had the horrifying realisation that the reason that the book just springs the romance upon you is that they couldn't have started it in any earlier books since Dain would have been even younger. A 31 year old pining after a fourteen your old girl is even worse.
Also Numair and Dain.... It isn't a secret that I love a good age gap romance. GOOD being an important word. 16 and 31 is just a bit too much even for a fantasy setting. Also I didn't enjoy that there was no apparent build up to the relationship at all. Numair is entirely platonic, almost parental for all the books and then in this one he is head over heels. I had the horrifying realisation that the reason that the book just springs the romance upon you is that they couldn't have started it in any earlier books since Dain would have been even younger. A 31 year old pining after a fourteen your old girl is even worse.