Reviews

The Price of Spring by Jackie Aber, Daniel Abraham

he_who_readeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

the_pale_woman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

5.0

Super satisfying. So much of this story comes off as intentional. I love to find that feat in fantasy. It's something I hunt for, and in this series, I found treasure. It's not perfect. It also has one of the worst covers I've ever seen. Specifically the audio version. No one should ever have to look at that cheap weekend cosplayer thumbnail when they open this book. It doesn't even have anything to do with the contents of the book. But I digress. 

The series is not perfect. However, more importantly, it was ultimately satisfying. The writing, especially the dialog, improves with each book. The pacing while slow finds its rhythm by the second half. It's an enjoyable, unexpected, slow burn. 

I would recommend this series to any fantasy reader. It gets my seal of approval. 

overlyaverageben's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

craftingrama's review against another edition

3.0

I think there could have been some serious editing with the whole series and cut it down to about half or at least down to 2 books.

bethamoth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

bentheoverlordsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

A very strong finale, tying together this decade spanning tale

argentrabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

khaos1785's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

valjeanval's review against another edition

4.0

Abraham excels at complex stories with complicated characters. I don't even know who I was supposed to root for in this final installment. It's a great series, and the ending lives up to the rest of the books.

dragontomes2000's review against another edition

4.0

Such a satisfying conclusion to a outstandingly unique series. Seriously this series brought a whole new perspective that was so fresh and right and I appreciate that. This series was so heavily character focused and let me tell you that it worked for this. The Price of Spring starts with another mind blowing time jump which just goes to show like I said that each story so far has been self contained but takes knowledge from past events to make another story. I say that because you can read this and understand because your given the details and context throughout. Now it may be confusing for some but I can see how it works. I also just loved all the characters, yes all of them, why because they had purpose and meaning. None of them were really there just to be there. The characters had motivations and each one was pivotal to the story arc. I think even more so in this finale then the other entries. I do believe the books got progressively better and my disconnect I had started to wane a little bit. I am truly eager to read the rest of his works including The Expanse and The Dagger and The Coin Series. But for now just know that this series needs more love because it is one of a kind from beginning to end.

The Shadow in Summer-3/5

The Betrayl in Winter-4/5

An Autumn War-4/5

The Price of Spring-4/5

The Long Price Quartet-15/20