Mother of Learning: ARC 4

4.50/5.00

“Zorian sighed”.

Mother of learning Arc 4 brings an explosive end to the series with an incredible plot that intertwined so well with the story so far. The author has clearly paid so much attention to detail in writing the final battle, and the ending was written so well, that it suprised me considering the very basic prose I have seen so far. The characters finally developed with satisfying arcs. I would say that these are not focused on character development, but these books made excellent characters none the less.

What a battle scene! While it gets pretty insane at times, it feels well earned and well developed through the story. I also liked how the book left some loose strands at the end, which is appropriate for a story this massive. Highly recommended !! This is a an excellent example of progession fantasy paying off so well. The plot! the plot is so good!

Emotional Impact -> Amazing time, so much fun. I enjoyed the end of this story and I didn't want it to end! This is not true even for some of my favorite books. I wanna see what Zorian does next! Very high EI score for this explosive ending. My favorite moment was when Zorian fucks with Red Robe's mind, the return of the aranea matriarch, Zack greiving Zorian, Rea pointing out how Zorian has changed and how everyone had looked to him for leadership.Characters -> I finally love Zorian. He is so real and still has so many flaws. Zach could have had a couple more emotional moments with his best friend... which would have been perfect, but I am happy with what I got. I finally like Damon. I loved the moment where Zorian realizes that he cares what Damon thinks and values his opinion.. so satisfying. Plot -> Here is the banger. What a plot! The final battle was so much enexpected that I though. The truce, the threat, the angelic intervention, the angelic contract, the dragon-hydra battle wow!! The plot is consistent with the characters and feels so real. I loved the ending POV chapters and how it was written. I kind of saw the ending coming but it was still pretty wild. So many plot threads which were suggested in the first three books wound togeher in the final battle. So impressive... Zorian riding on freaking hydra and battling a freaking dragon mage and using battle tactics foreshadowed in book 2 is crazy fun!Prose -> Pretty average and similar to previous book. But I give a higher score since the final battle was so well done.World building -> Not bad. Angels and demons was kind of a let down. I loved Zorian's final cube-shield.. and the world building done so far was done really well. Nothing new here except to finish the massive plot, which is fine with me. The simulacrum mind hive is crazy fun. The pocket dimension prison for the grey hunter is so good. the time trap to kill Quartach-itchel was so innovative. Well done.