Fall of Ile-Rien: The Gate of Gods (Audiobook)

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This book is the third and final novel in Martha Well's Fall of Ile-Rein trilogy, a fantasy series with portals to multiple worlds, airships, and invaders from another world. It's also a series that you need to read in order. I'll potentially be including spoilers for earlier books in this review...

from Shrike58

Completing the cycle of the fall of Ile-Rien one finally gets some answers to the origins of the Gardier menace, which has been my one frustration with a story that I have otherwise enjoyed a great deal. Show me a totalitarian state and there's usually an ideology, and I'll admit that my training...

from pyanfarrrr

A fun series. Overall I enjoyed it, but I was disappointed to learn what was behind the Gardier's plans and the sorcerer crystals. It felt like the worldbuilding had been leading toward something more complex. Time to read the earlier book(s?) set in this universe!

from Herenya

As if it had heard my small grumbles about the previous book, this felt a lot more personal, so that was satisfying. Part of that is to do with developments in the story, and part of that is because I felt more confident that my interpretation of Tremaine's character. She doesn't easily reveal c...

from wealhtheowwylfing

A satisfying end to a trilogy that began badly. The plot ramps up the stakes and excitement, but Wells never lets it overshadow her characters. Good, well-written fantasy.