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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
So I was contemplating reading this a while back and listened to like 15 minutes and was like I can't do this. But I decided to give it a second shot. While I was entertained and I did like it the entire book felt like a single-player DnD campaign tbh. Like Aslo on a quest, randomly stumbles upon a character that leads him so some discovery, Aslo continues on the quest, rinse and repeat. It got too repetitive. It also didn't feel that much like a take on the classic fantasy troupe either. The characters were supposed to be in their mid-twenties but it still at least to me read very YA.
I did like the idea of subverting the prophecy troupe and I might read the next one but I am not in any hurry to do so immediately.
I did like the idea of subverting the prophecy troupe and I might read the next one but I am not in any hurry to do so immediately.
Audiobook has an odd narrator and I didn't care about what was happening. I might try again physically later.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
FIVE BLOODY BRILLIANT STARS!! In reality I would give this more stars if I bloody well could. Kel Kade was a brand new author to me this year. I read the four books in the King's Dark Tidings series just this year in the span of a week and a half because they were that good. Kel Kade is definitely an author to look out for. Kade's world building and stories are so intricately woven and crafted. They are not just your average stories either, they have so much depth and scope to them.
Fate of the Fallen takes a page from the chosen one trope and completely flips it upside down. Let me tell you, when I say this book blindsided me within the first 50 pages or so, I'm telling you I had to do a double check. We follow a plethora of characters in this book from the chosen one, to his best friends, to some petty thieves, to gods and reapers. It is an ornately built cast of characters and each one is very unique in their own retrospect.
Kel Kade also does a magnificent job blending action and comedy throughout the story. There were some times I was gripping the book so hard because I was worried what was going to happen to my babies and other times where I found myself laughing out loud at a specific scene or two.
Fate of the Fallen has definitely solidified Kel Kade as one of my new favorite authors of all time and I am eagerly looking forward to both book 5 in the King's Dark Tiding's and book 2 in the Shrouds of Prophecy!! I just want more from Kel Kade, MORE!!!!
Fate of the Fallen takes a page from the chosen one trope and completely flips it upside down. Let me tell you, when I say this book blindsided me within the first 50 pages or so, I'm telling you I had to do a double check. We follow a plethora of characters in this book from the chosen one, to his best friends, to some petty thieves, to gods and reapers. It is an ornately built cast of characters and each one is very unique in their own retrospect.
Kel Kade also does a magnificent job blending action and comedy throughout the story. There were some times I was gripping the book so hard because I was worried what was going to happen to my babies and other times where I found myself laughing out loud at a specific scene or two.
Fate of the Fallen has definitely solidified Kel Kade as one of my new favorite authors of all time and I am eagerly looking forward to both book 5 in the King's Dark Tiding's and book 2 in the Shrouds of Prophecy!! I just want more from Kel Kade, MORE!!!!
What happens when every prophet in the world agrees that there is only one way for the world not to end?
This delightful book, whose plot I don’t want to spoil because going in blind as I did made this book all the better. Let’s just say it turns fantasy tropes on their heads, and throws in a pantheon of gods fiddling with the world, fae disinterested in the fate of their world, and mortals trying their best when thrust into power.
I LOVED this book!
This delightful book, whose plot I don’t want to spoil because going in blind as I did made this book all the better. Let’s just say it turns fantasy tropes on their heads, and throws in a pantheon of gods fiddling with the world, fae disinterested in the fate of their world, and mortals trying their best when thrust into power.
I LOVED this book!
I wanted to like this book. It started with such an interesting premise in a fantasy drama that would have zombie elements, but I think the author really just tried to pack too many tropes and literary elements of all her favorite books to create a book that ended up being a sort of genre vomit by the end. The use of the gods seemed to be more of a crutch to lean on than a successful story element, and what started as amazing character development ended in a pot of similar word vomit when the motives of some of our leading characters went out the window to fulfill the goal of the ending. I will say the Gods were interesting and probably the most stable and developed plotline, but at the end of the day, the story isn’t about them. Clearly Kel Kade is a lover of The Iliad and The Odyssey and you can feel it all over this book, but it’s just not successfully implemented here.
adventurous
dark
funny
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:
Complicated
I had so much fun reading this book. It uses the structure of a lot of classic fantasy stories and turns it on its head. There is a lot going on in the story. The writing keeps everything moving along at a nice pace. I want to read the second book!