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arielthebookgargoyle 's review for:
Ruin and the Throne
by Brien Feathers
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ruin and the Throne was a fitting end to the Fedosian Wars series.
As I was hoping, Moritz was the star. The real, underlying "evil" motivated by love lost. The story jumped right into the necromancer starting basically a zombie apocalypse in the middle ages. The main cast is already weary from war, they only furthered their possible demise by having just created a second, harder to defeat army.
As with the other books, not everything is black and white. The characters aren't perfect, good or bad... other than Arne, he was just absolutely wicked... they are all motivated by what they think will help them live a better life and free themselves from war. This doesn't always align with each other, or go as expected, causing the conflicts that is this story.
I liked that not everyone was on the same page. Made for at least a few tense moments in the story that had me guessing as to what was coming next. They were nail biters worth reading. Including an unexpected death. All for a greater purpose though, and helps with the faith themes that have been throughout the series. The story was concluded and expanded on further to give happy endings beyond the dark period the books are set in.
I would say of the 5 in the series, 2nd or 3rd in ranking of parts I enjoyed the best. The whole series was an adventure with excellent characters.
I did receive this story as an ARC from the author for free. Even so, I chose to read and review on my own. This review was done voluntarily.
As I was hoping, Moritz was the star. The real, underlying "evil" motivated by love lost. The story jumped right into the necromancer starting basically a zombie apocalypse in the middle ages. The main cast is already weary from war, they only furthered their possible demise by having just created a second, harder to defeat army.
As with the other books, not everything is black and white. The characters aren't perfect, good or bad... other than Arne, he was just absolutely wicked... they are all motivated by what they think will help them live a better life and free themselves from war. This doesn't always align with each other, or go as expected, causing the conflicts that is this story.
I liked that not everyone was on the same page. Made for at least a few tense moments in the story that had me guessing as to what was coming next. They were nail biters worth reading. Including an unexpected death. All for a greater purpose though, and helps with the faith themes that have been throughout the series. The story was concluded and expanded on further to give happy endings beyond the dark period the books are set in.
I would say of the 5 in the series, 2nd or 3rd in ranking of parts I enjoyed the best. The whole series was an adventure with excellent characters.
I did receive this story as an ARC from the author for free. Even so, I chose to read and review on my own. This review was done voluntarily.