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claudiereads's review against another edition
5.0
Now that’s what I call a well-rounded HEA! Hard-won and oh so satisfying; sweet, but with no OTT fluffiness.
The book itself was pretty action-packed — the most out of these three, I think — but that didn’t overshadow the plot (or the amazing character development!), only added to it. I freely admit that detailed battle scenes usually bore me to death, but that never happened here, perhaps because of the multiple POVs? Whatever it was, it worked, and my attention was well and truly engaged.
I really enjoyed getting to know these wonderful characters, Tristram and Bet, Gillian and Maddox, Rhiannon and Sidonie, Hafgan and Bowen, and of course, Roland and his precious dragon. Their story will stay with me for a long time. I loved this series so much! ❤️
The book itself was pretty action-packed — the most out of these three, I think — but that didn’t overshadow the plot (or the amazing character development!), only added to it. I freely admit that detailed battle scenes usually bore me to death, but that never happened here, perhaps because of the multiple POVs? Whatever it was, it worked, and my attention was well and truly engaged.
I really enjoyed getting to know these wonderful characters, Tristram and Bet, Gillian and Maddox, Rhiannon and Sidonie, Hafgan and Bowen, and of course, Roland and his precious dragon. Their story will stay with me for a long time. I loved this series so much! ❤️
emmawight's review
3.0
Pros
-Loved the big win for the female characters towards the end.
-Scenes between all the couples were very cute and wholesome.
Cons
-Action mostly fell short for me, nothing really felt like it was perilous.
-In the end all the characters were a little annoyingly good. At the start there were a lot of forces working against each other, but each time one was uncovered they were either immediately dealt with or ran away to come back later.
-Loved the big win for the female characters towards the end.
-Scenes between all the couples were very cute and wholesome.
Cons
-Action mostly fell short for me, nothing really felt like it was perilous.
-In the end all the characters were a little annoyingly good. At the start there were a lot of forces working against each other, but each time one was uncovered they were either immediately dealt with or ran away to come back later.
see_sadie_read's review
4.0
3.5
I quite enjoyed this. I like all the characters involved and the world. I enjoyed seeing the humans and dragons come together, I honestly laughed far more than I expected to and the writing is fabulous. So, ultimately a success for me.
However, I did think that there were too many couples involved. I 100% appreciate that in the multiple couples we are given several examples of different types of love and relationships (sexual and platonic). However, this has all the couple from both book one and book two and it caused the book to jump around too much in my opinion. I had trouble keeping track of who was where and with whom.
I quite enjoyed this. I like all the characters involved and the world. I enjoyed seeing the humans and dragons come together, I honestly laughed far more than I expected to and the writing is fabulous. So, ultimately a success for me.
However, I did think that there were too many couples involved. I 100% appreciate that in the multiple couples we are given several examples of different types of love and relationships (sexual and platonic). However, this has all the couple from both book one and book two and it caused the book to jump around too much in my opinion. I had trouble keeping track of who was where and with whom.
cadiva's review
5.0
I need more stars!
***
Right, first things first. I am not ready to say goodbye to Tristram and Bet and all the rest of the cast of characters in the Fire and Valor Series, not by a long shot.
Things are wrapped up beautifully, all plot lines are given thoroughly satisfactory endings and I was only disappointed that I ran out of book!
I won't be revealing any spoilers but I just want to say that the major twist was one I didn't see coming for a long time until it all of a sudden pinged into view. A really clever idea and I loved how, once it was revealed, how all the hints and clues had been carefully laid down before that I could see with the benefit of hindsight.
Tris and Bet are solid, their relationship is firmly established and I loved how at first Bet was uncomfortable with the respect being shown when they were at Tristram's family home. There no-one knew of Bet the Assassin, the King's Shadow, he was just Tris' partner.
I've also really enjoyed the other two "main"relationships that have run paralleled to that of Tris and Bet. Here we see more of Sir Sidone and Rhiannon as well as the solidification of Maddox and Princess Gillian's love. We also get closure for Rhys and Tris' mother Elinor as well, which made me happy.
Dragonwise, yay! Lots of dragons, dragons becoming friends, dragons finding each other, dragons overcoming their hidebound arrogance and dragons realising working with the humans of Llangard is their only option for a long-term future.
Waverly and Sam individually are wonderful authors, but when they collaborate on high fantasy they take a lot of beating imho. This series has been a true delight for me.
#ARC kindly received from the authors in return for an honest and unbiased review
***
Right, first things first. I am not ready to say goodbye to Tristram and Bet and all the rest of the cast of characters in the Fire and Valor Series, not by a long shot.
Things are wrapped up beautifully, all plot lines are given thoroughly satisfactory endings and I was only disappointed that I ran out of book!
I won't be revealing any spoilers but I just want to say that the major twist was one I didn't see coming for a long time until it all of a sudden pinged into view. A really clever idea and I loved how, once it was revealed, how all the hints and clues had been carefully laid down before that I could see with the benefit of hindsight.
Tris and Bet are solid, their relationship is firmly established and I loved how at first Bet was uncomfortable with the respect being shown when they were at Tristram's family home. There no-one knew of Bet the Assassin, the King's Shadow, he was just Tris' partner.
I've also really enjoyed the other two "main"relationships that have run paralleled to that of Tris and Bet. Here we see more of Sir Sidone and Rhiannon as well as the solidification of Maddox and Princess Gillian's love. We also get closure for Rhys and Tris' mother Elinor as well, which made me happy.
Dragonwise, yay! Lots of dragons, dragons becoming friends, dragons finding each other, dragons overcoming their hidebound arrogance and dragons realising working with the humans of Llangard is their only option for a long-term future.
Waverly and Sam individually are wonderful authors, but when they collaborate on high fantasy they take a lot of beating imho. This series has been a true delight for me.
#ARC kindly received from the authors in return for an honest and unbiased review
relly's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
Good
4 stars
Good completion to the series.
I enjoyed seeing all the characters work together to save their king and kingdom. Gillian came into her power and it was nice that she still didn’t have any desire to rule.
Roland was a great character and I really like the fact that he was the only one who put saving Dragon at the top of his priorities.
Watching Bet work out his place in the world now he was out of the shadows was also well done. His and Tris relationship progressed well.
Good series
4 stars
Good completion to the series.
I enjoyed seeing all the characters work together to save their king and kingdom. Gillian came into her power and it was nice that she still didn’t have any desire to rule.
Roland was a great character and I really like the fact that he was the only one who put saving Dragon at the top of his priorities.
Watching Bet work out his place in the world now he was out of the shadows was also well done. His and Tris relationship progressed well.
Good series
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