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A review by toggle_fow
Buried Heart by Kate Elliott
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I have to give this four stars because after book 2, I was almost CERTAIN there was no good way to bring this series to an end.
I mean, Jessamy has a civil war on her hands, her mother and sisters on one side and her father and boyfriend on the other. She's mixed-race in a way almost nobody completely accepts. There are good people on both sides and a lot of bad people on one side. Kal is on the throne and there's no good way to safely descend a throne, as history has taught us all. And yet, he can't defend his throne against the Efean revolt without becoming the bad guy. Sounds like a recipe for horrendous disaster all around.
And yet... here we are. Mostly intact.
The solution for everything was believable, and also not soul-crushing. Jessamy's side-choosing was pulled off without the burdensome amounts of angst I feared. The undead baby situation was resolved. Kind of. Gargaron got what was coming to him. Overall, the only really sad things are that Bettany is still estranged from the rest of her family off-screen somewhere and that (view spoiler). And yet, that was probably for the best also, given the situation he was in.
This book was tense and emotional and action-packed, but it's the neat tie-off that most impresses me.
Honestly? Respect.
I mean, Jessamy has a civil war on her hands, her mother and sisters on one side and her father and boyfriend on the other. She's mixed-race in a way almost nobody completely accepts. There are good people on both sides and a lot of bad people on one side. Kal is on the throne and there's no good way to safely descend a throne, as history has taught us all. And yet, he can't defend his throne against the Efean revolt without becoming the bad guy. Sounds like a recipe for horrendous disaster all around.
And yet... here we are. Mostly intact.
The solution for everything was believable, and also not soul-crushing. Jessamy's side-choosing was pulled off without the burdensome amounts of angst I feared. The undead baby situation was resolved. Kind of. Gargaron got what was coming to him. Overall, the only really sad things are that Bettany is still estranged from the rest of her family off-screen somewhere and that (view spoiler). And yet, that was probably for the best also, given the situation he was in.
This book was tense and emotional and action-packed, but it's the neat tie-off that most impresses me.
Honestly? Respect.