Reviews

Legends of Ahn by Kel Kade

lundos's review against another edition

3.0

Once again we follow Rezkin, aka the Raven, aka Dark Tidings, the Master of all Skills and Rules as he continues to be better than everyone else at everything. However, in this one we get hints of him being more than what he seems

Spoiler

his ability to open doors and control the phantom warriors in Hogwarts, I mean Cael, suggets an elven heritage

. And

Spoiler

his magic is not something the other mages can see, as witin the old Cael, which seems to be elder magic,

.

Also we get an insight into his paranoia that will probably drive everyone away from him at some point. Rezkin may spout things about war/fighting/leadership that make a lot of sense in a twisted and horrible kind of way, but that doesn’t change the fact he’s a merciless, cold-hearted killer.

Introduction of the Fae - Bilior - a tree. Agreement:

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An army for a safe haven - deal made with Bilior, but concerns all Fae. The Fae need Rezkin since they cannot sense the Daem'Ahn - the demons - as they use possession of humans.

The other characters are mostly used to show Rezkin's thought processes and are therefore not developing or evolving that much. It doesn't concern me that much, but why then use quite a lot of the ending on Benni the thief

Spoiler

he frees several nobles who meets up with the old general?

I don't get that - unless it's to show one of the many, many plans from Rezkin in motion.

Overall, it's more or less as expected.

blainek's review against another edition

2.0

After really enjoying the first two books. I was excited when the third one came out. Boy, was I disappointed.

The first two focused on Rezkin figuring out his new reality and moving solidly towards a goal: finding his purpose.

THIS book went off the rails. Here are a few things that ruined it for me:
- Side trip through a magical forest
- Suddenly, there are elves, sprites, gods, fairies, demons, and other magical creatures in a story where there was no mention of them previously.
- The women in the story are rarely around, shoved to the background, and when they do make an appearance, they are confused.
- The change of focus to saving the world, instead of the kingdom, and only Rezkin has the power to do so.

My first thought is did the same guy write this?

My second thought is did the author just get greedy and decide to expand the world so he could sell more books? (Not very charitable, I know, but I can't figure out why he detoured so drastically.)

I don't intend to buy the next one. But I'll give it two stars because the story moved along and the writing was good.

parkenshaw's review against another edition

3.0

Though I loved (Loved!) the first two in this series... There's a transitional section in this book that just introduced far too... much. Too much magic, and other worldly guests at one time. It felt rushed and disjointed from the earlier books in the series. It does pick itself back up towards the end and answers some of the questions (but only some. I still enjoyed it overall and would recommend it, but with the caveat that reading it in succession to the others might through you for a bit of a stutter as it did to me.

nessquick91's review against another edition

3.0

The macho “all the women fall for him” is getting a bit much

niamh147's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ferhats's review

adventurous slow-paced

3.5

andyreadsfantasy's review against another edition

4.0

This is another good book in the series, but part of the story isn’t quite the same. The first half is great! Then, it gets more fantastical as Rezkin fights against metaphysical obstacles. Honestly, it kind of drags a little, and not much progress is made towards the overall goal. Still very enjoyable though. I’m looking forward to book 4!

lclowe's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

iam_griff's review against another edition

3.0

I love the fast paced story in the third instalment of the King’s Dark Tiding. Although this story takes a odd turn after the first 2 books with several characters that felt they were shoved into the background or were props. The social awkwardness of Rezkin is still my favourite part of the story & it’s nice seeing Tam staring to come into his own. Frisha is waaayyy too whiny. I’m going to continue this series to see if Kade will do something different than the typical ending.

partycaptain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25