Days of Broken Oaths

Disclaimer first: I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This final instalment of the Runeblade Saga stays true to form; before the story arc around Hervor and Starkad can reach its conclusion, there is another quest to fulfill, another Runeblade to find, bloody battles to be fought and uncanny foes - old and new - to defeat.

To be honest, after everything Hervor and Starkad had been through in the first four books of the Runeblade Saga, I had been wondering what else would be there for Matt Larkin to throw at them - I mean, after battling the Otherworlds: what else could be there?

Oh. THAT.

While I had some suspicions of the final outcome (because: Beowulf...), I did not see this particular “boss fight” coming. But I found it to be a fitting finale to the series.

[Reminder: Don't get too attached to the new and interesting characters in this adventuring party, either, because, let's face it, we know exactly how that worked out in the previous books...]