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The Realms of the Gods
by Tamora Pierce
This book picks up a few months after the events of [b:Emperor Mage|13833|Emperor Mage (Immortals, #3)|Tamora Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1166573612s/13833.jpg|3094151]. In the past few months, former emperor Ozorne, now a stormwing, has collapsed the barrier between the mortal and immortal realms. The immortal monsters are now plaguing the mortal world and there is a great war going on. Numair and Daine are essential to this war effort and are sent from place to place to try and contain the immortal threat. At one such place they are in mortal danger and whisked away to the immortal realm by Daine's parents. Daine finally gets to meet her father and see her mother again. The only problem is they can't leave the immortal realm. The parents don't have the power to send them back and the high gods are waging their own war against Chaos. The only hope is the dragons. So Daine and Numair have to travel across the immortal realm to reach the dragons with only their god friends to help them. Meanwhile they keep getting glimpses of what is going on in the mortal realm through dreams and visions. They also discover the Darklings, who were created by Ozorne as spies.
I loved the introduction of the Darklings as they are some of my favorite creatures in future novels of this series. I liked finding out their creation story and how they turned against Ozorne. The immortal realm was interesting, but it did take Daine and Numair away from Tortall and all the human characters there. I found the trek across the realm to be mostly a way to make Daine and Numair realize their feelings for each other and while I like that relationship I do find it a bit icky that Daine is 16 and Numair is 30. I kind of wish Pierce would have aged her up just a bit to decrease the ick factor. They have always had a student/teacher relationship and to see that grow into a romantic one is a bit off-putting.
I loved the introduction of the Darklings as they are some of my favorite creatures in future novels of this series. I liked finding out their creation story and how they turned against Ozorne. The immortal realm was interesting, but it did take Daine and Numair away from Tortall and all the human characters there. I found the trek across the realm to be mostly a way to make Daine and Numair realize their feelings for each other and while I like that relationship I do find it a bit icky that Daine is 16 and Numair is 30. I kind of wish Pierce would have aged her up just a bit to decrease the ick factor. They have always had a student/teacher relationship and to see that grow into a romantic one is a bit off-putting.