A review by aggressive_nostalgia
The Immortal Realm by Allan Frewin Jones

This entire series has taken a decided downhill turn. The first book was really good; the second and third were pretty decent...but this installment was so bleak, and Tania so impulsive and somewhat self-righteous, that i found it really hard to engage with the story. Tania irritated me to no end (I feel kind of sorry for Edric for being stuck in love with her, especially after his public attempt at a Define-The-Relationship moment didn't work so well), and after the first five pages or so, virtually nothing good happened in this book. People die, get deathly ill, estranged, trapped, banished, heartbroken...and it doesn't even all get wrapped up in the end - these cliffhangers are becoming abominable. The entire book felt like a cross between an unnecessary sequel to the original trilogy and a mess of really depressing groundwork for the next book. I'm hoping The Enchanted Quest provides a solid, satisfactory ending to the series, and that Tania straightens herself out by then.