Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

The path to the throne is broken – only the broken can walk it.

The world is cracked and time has run through, leaving us clutching at the end days. These are the days that have waited for us all our lives. These are my days. I will stand before the Hundred and they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who stands against me, living or dead, and if I must be the last emperor then I will make of it such an ending.

This is where the wise man turns away. This is where the holy kneel and call on God. These are the last miles, my brothers. Don’t look to me to save you. Run if you have the wit. Pray if you have the soul. Stand your ground if courage is yours. But don’t follow me.

Follow me, and I will break your heart.

This book had everything love, betrayal, and brotherhood. I loved it and it really has me excited for his other series set in this world

I quite hope he revisits these characters in the future

I hate but love jorg at the same time. Damn you jorg! You gave me a lot of different emotions through this series and i freaking cried for jorg at the end!
The ending felt a little bit rushed but nonetheless it was fantastic.

Executive Summary: I've thought this series was good, but not great and the final book was no different.Audiobook: James Clamp does another good job here. He does voices for a few characters. He has a good reading voice that's easy to understand with a good pace. I definitely thinks he adds a little something to the book.Full ReviewFrom the start of this series I never really cared about Jorg. That seems to be different from most people as I've seen his unlikeableness cited as the main reason for not liking the series. While I don't dislike him, I can see why people do. My main thing is I don't really care about him. This book was no different.I didn't care about his goals. I didn't really care about the antagonist. To me the most interesting bits were the world building. I want to know more about the creators. I want to learn more about the ghosts in the machines. What happened? What are they planning?I'm hoping the follow-on series digs into that a lot more, because I was sort of disappointed we didn't learn more in this series. I'll probably jump into [b:Prince of Fools 18693743 Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1) Mark Lawrence https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1385072473s/18693743.jpg 25595312] in the next month or two, as I already own it.Overall I thought this series was fine, but it's easy to see how much Mark Lawrence has grown as a writer when you pick up [b:Red Sister 25895524 Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) Mark Lawrence https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1481038440s/25895524.jpg 45777900]. I mostly picked this up to kill time for the second book in that series, and I can't wait for it to come out next week.

Very good end to the series. If in volume 2 the narrative lines were a bit confusing for me at times, in this volume I did not have this problem. And that end .... I warmly recommend the whole series.