Reviews

King of Death by Lily Mayne

yariabumble_240's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ramiram's review

5.0

Yes

southernwind's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I'm so annoyed I couldn't enjoy this series like most people seem to. For the start, Ash is naive and childish. He shouldn't have become Seelie King. He is grossly unprepared, inexperienced, self absorbed, doesn't know anything about how seelie suffered under the Brid. At first, I thought there'd be some reincarnation stuff since Ogma, Sloga etc keep hinting about fulfilling destiny and fate. God, plot is mediocre and everything too easy that all become so boring and I couldn't care less after Lonan becomes Death King. Lonan is a decent character and he's a goddamn badass assasin who I didnt see in action except killing a store owner on Carlin's order. Urgh!! I hope others enjoy this cuz it aint my book. 😭😭

minnerain's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

enajunca's review

5.0

Un très grand merci à l’auteure pour cet ARC et sa confiance.

Un dernier tome haletant!
(Je dis dernier mais je ne désespère pas que l’auteure nous offre un tome sur certains personnages secondaires

silly_little_clown's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

What a conclusion to a series!!
Just like the second book it was filled with action and pain and I absolutely love it. Although I was very frustrated with Ash in the beginning of this book I’m so glad that I pulled through and found out why he was behaving like that.

It was very very frustrating to see him completely ignore how Lonan was handling the seelie land and dismissed all the warning signs from everywhere yet paranoid about every other things. At first I thought that was kind of out of character, and it turned out to be true, he wasn’t exactly himself after he inherited the power from the Brid.

It was satisfying to see the Carlin meets her gruesome end.

After reading the stories of Faulis, Lonan’s father, I was absolutely raging. Poor Sloga. He won’t even get to meet Faulis again because he’ll never leave for the afterlife ;-;

However I’m not sure how I feel about the ‘punishments’ of the three brothers. I do think that because we only mainly see what evil Balor was up to, it was kind of hard for me to justify

the punishment that Bres and Cethlen got at the end. Isn’t it taking a step too far taking away a blind man’s dog? I don’t know. It was never really explained if the hellhound was acting as Cethlen’s guide dog or not, but even if the dog is just a pet, what did the dog do to deserve this? Did I miss something? I also find it weird that the hellhound didn’t have any loyalty whatsoever, it seems completely fine with being forced away from his owner. Perhaps Cethlen didn’t treat it well. I wouldn’t know.

All in all, I’m very happy that our boys get to be as content and loving as they are now. They’re now both kings. So proud of what they have managed to achieve. Oak king and Holly king <3 Also Lonan

shifting into a dragon to find Ash??

Legit king behavior. He’s no longer the sopping wet cat but I still love seeing him all desperate haha.

klkminimini97's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

goldensisyphus's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

hellishlyawkward's review

5.0

Such a great final book to this series.
So rare that things are wrapped up so satisfactorily, while at the same time not feeling rushed or too convenient. Impressed at how evenly and well paced the story was throughout, even though it’s quite long. Really nicely written, so easy to get immersed in the fae world. Love Ash and Lonan.
A really enjoyable read.

baya_111's review

4.0

I liked the conclusion of this series. Though the main character is not the kind of character I really like (he's too stubborn for me really), it was still an enjoyable read.