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A review by wjlongiii
Old World War by Melissa F. Olson
4.0
Forgive me for keeping things vague, there is a ton to spoil as this is the last book in a long running series and I want to avoid as much of it as possible.
I started the Old World series ages ago and rabidly consumed each book as they were released. This one I hesitated on. My fear was that it would bring the series to a conclusion that would be bittersweet, and I was right.
Miss Olson has always had a knack for characters that leap off the page and plotlines that move at blistering paces while somehow giving time for the gravity of events to linger. I love her work, and this book is no different.
Her love for the city of Galena is obvious immediately and puts her cast of characters out of their element in ways that are both fun and unpredictable. The conclusion of the book goes in every direction but where you believe it will, yet seems inevitable once we get there.
Aside from the speed at which the overall objective of the novel is dealt with in the end, I would say it's another stellar entry into the series and could definitely be the final word on this world that I have been enthralled with for nearly a decade.
If it is over, I will miss it, though that's what repeat reads are for.
I started the Old World series ages ago and rabidly consumed each book as they were released. This one I hesitated on. My fear was that it would bring the series to a conclusion that would be bittersweet, and I was right.
Miss Olson has always had a knack for characters that leap off the page and plotlines that move at blistering paces while somehow giving time for the gravity of events to linger. I love her work, and this book is no different.
Her love for the city of Galena is obvious immediately and puts her cast of characters out of their element in ways that are both fun and unpredictable. The conclusion of the book goes in every direction but where you believe it will, yet seems inevitable once we get there.
Aside from the speed at which the overall objective of the novel is dealt with in the end, I would say it's another stellar entry into the series and could definitely be the final word on this world that I have been enthralled with for nearly a decade.
If it is over, I will miss it, though that's what repeat reads are for.