Of Kings and Killers

3.5/5

Following Shera as the last book out of the two trilogies was something I wasn’t really thrilled about at first considering I wasn’t the biggest fan of her in the previous books. It still feels like the book had a far more interesting story in all of the past chapters instead of the present. However the ending for this book was certainly much better than the ending for Calder’s side which was a surprise.

Overall I still believe that a far better story could have been told with a smaller scale conflict building up over more books. I would have loved to see the past chapters as real time events rather than snippets that constantly interrupted the present timeline. But as mentioned the end was definitely more gratifying and it makes sense to finish with this book last.

3.5/5

The book ended with a bang but I can’t help but be disappointed. The whole story shines in the adventure and the magic of the past, and not in the preset. And that is a real shame as I would have loved to read a story about the adventures of Calder and his crew out on the sea rather than him sitting on a throne and making bad decisions.

The book felt like it missed the mark for me, focusing on the wrong things. It felt like it had grown far too much in scope and the characters never caught up and so it spun out of control.

I really like the world and the lore and the Elders, I just didn’t like the story that was told in it. Which is my biggest disappointment.