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A review by hope97
Where Heroes Were Born by Tom Dumbrell
5.0
4.5/5 stars!
What an ending to an amazing series! I loved the entirety of Pillars of Peace, and Where Heroes Were Born did not disappoint.
Just like the other installments in this series, this book was fast paced and consistently entertaining. I think one of Tom's strengths that presents instead within this book extremely well is his character development. Ten years has passed since book two, and within that time it seems like a lot has happened with the characters. It was great to see what had changed in those ten years and how many of the characters grew.
My favourite was of course Fran, who I felt had a fantastic character arc and was very well developed throughout all three books. Cyrus took a backseat in this book which I quite liked as we got to focus on others who may have been seen as minor or smaller characters in the previous books. I think that Cyrus not being the focus was a good thing. The first two books were his and I felt like his arc had been completed so it was very refreshing to be taken down a different route. I also felt like following different characters also added to the worldbuilding.
This book had me feeling a lot of unexpected emotions. I think Tom hits this just right with a few unexpected turns that really played with my feelings. I find this is something very rare in books now and I felt this really increased my attachment to some of the characters.
Overall I really recommend this book and the entire series. Tom's writing is easily digestible and every book within this series is fast paced making me really not want to put them down! I am sad the journey is over but I think it was ended very well.
What an ending to an amazing series! I loved the entirety of Pillars of Peace, and Where Heroes Were Born did not disappoint.
Just like the other installments in this series, this book was fast paced and consistently entertaining. I think one of Tom's strengths that presents instead within this book extremely well is his character development. Ten years has passed since book two, and within that time it seems like a lot has happened with the characters. It was great to see what had changed in those ten years and how many of the characters grew.
My favourite was of course Fran, who I felt had a fantastic character arc and was very well developed throughout all three books. Cyrus took a backseat in this book which I quite liked as we got to focus on others who may have been seen as minor or smaller characters in the previous books. I think that Cyrus not being the focus was a good thing. The first two books were his and I felt like his arc had been completed so it was very refreshing to be taken down a different route. I also felt like following different characters also added to the worldbuilding.
This book had me feeling a lot of unexpected emotions. I think Tom hits this just right with a few unexpected turns that really played with my feelings. I find this is something very rare in books now and I felt this really increased my attachment to some of the characters.
Overall I really recommend this book and the entire series. Tom's writing is easily digestible and every book within this series is fast paced making me really not want to put them down! I am sad the journey is over but I think it was ended very well.