Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: The Born Queen (Series #4) (Paperback)

from theforestofbooks

Book four and the series completed. Overall, an enjoyable series. The final book did lose some momentum particularly from books one and three. And as the series wrapped up I found the storyline became complicated and at times difficult to follow. The book's main weakness though - from my point of...

from Karlstar

This has been a really good series, and the last book is no exception. The characters that have been carrying the story so far - Anne, Aspar, Stephen, Sir Neil, and Cazio continue to carry the story to the conclusion we expected from the previous books, though with a few surprises. Nothing really...

from Isamoor

Nov10: Characters: The originals are still okay. The new ones are meh. Really this one is less about the characters. And that makes me sad. Plot: Went all about power. I was somewhat let down. Style: Went towards high fantasy. Still, a solid conclusion to an excellent series.

from lewispike

This book continues with the elements that made the earlier books so good, but pushes everything to a climax. There are numerous threads to be juggled, tied off and resolved, and this is largely done successfully, although some of the juggling between threads draws attention to the juggling rathe...

from Larou

I also admit to being a bit disappointed in this concluding volume to what remains none the less one of the better fantasy series in recent years. I do not think the problem with "The Born Queen" is that it is rushed, for that would seem to involve some kind of sloppiness, and I could not find an...