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stelepami's review
2.0
This series was one of those addictive ones where I had to finish it because I really wanted to know what would happen between Vryce and the Hunter. I didn't really enjoy the books so much, mostly because they got pretty gruesome. I got sucked in and would read for hours on end, but I'm glad I'm done with the trilogy. Not sure if I'm going to try more by the author.
angelwrites's review against another edition
5.0
This is a truly amazing series - a world so different, characters so off the beaten track - as a reader I was entranced, as a wrtter I was soothed and gratified. Compelling, exciting and a little on the out-there side - wonderful.
hawkeyegonzalez's review against another edition
4.0
A great conclusion to a very good series. Vryce and the Hunter have to do the impossible and kill the Iezu Calesta. Oddly enough, Calesta only makes two appearances in the entire book, but his presence is felt on every page. I loved the way it ended as well. A highly recommended series.
meghanreadsmm's review against another edition
4.0
This series was so compelling, intense and thought-provoking. The characters are quite a bit different than what you usually come across. And some of the locales described were more vivid and disturbing than much of the other scenery.
mantrasong's review against another edition
5.0
5 stars - it hit me, hard, and stuck with me.
"I want to read a story featuring a bad guy as a POV character". This is how my relationship with the Coldfire trilogy started. Three books, and almost a decade of my life later, when I pick the series up again for a reading challenge, and I still find myself punched in the gut (in a good way). It's a story about evil, yes, and good. About faith, corruption, and compromise. It's a story about the death of magic, for the intentional dream of progress. Like any good such story, its bittersweet - a fitting wrap up to all the characters, and the loss of something magical in the dream of something more.
"I want to read a story featuring a bad guy as a POV character". This is how my relationship with the Coldfire trilogy started. Three books, and almost a decade of my life later, when I pick the series up again for a reading challenge, and I still find myself punched in the gut (in a good way). It's a story about evil, yes, and good. About faith, corruption, and compromise. It's a story about the death of magic, for the intentional dream of progress. Like any good such story, its bittersweet - a fitting wrap up to all the characters, and the loss of something magical in the dream of something more.
caryndi's review against another edition
4.0
A good end to a good trilogy. The character arcs that have been building over the last two books come to a satisfying resolution and Friedman takes us to new and transfixing environments. This trilogy as a whole certainly had its problems (I wasn't thrilled by the portrayal of women) but if you are looking for sci-fi/fantasy with a touch of the gothic, it probably doesn't get much better than this.
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