3rd book of the series. I wasn't as impressed with this one as I was with the first two. I don't know whether it was because I was bit fantasy-ed out but I struggled to get into it. I'd say the first half was slow and not that memorable, but in the second half there were definitely some parts which took a quicker pace and were, for me, much more interesting - though annoyingly they were short and over quickly.

For the battle at the end - I'm not overly keen on battles in books, I feel like no matter what, the intensity and scale of it can never be fully conveyed or that convincing. I also feel like - okay sue me - there should have been a least one main character death. Hear me out. It's built up that it's going to be extremely unlikely they will survive, and so many things happen to some of them that should have killed them, but oh surprise surprise, they survive. I'm all about good shock factor, so I feel like at least one death - however sad - would have just increased the intensity and impact of the battle so much more.

 

Overall, not bad at all, and I am definitely curious to see how the series ends, though I may take a little break from the series for now.