Queen of Fire
Ratings32
Average rating3.5
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Ratings32
Average rating3.5
Queen of Fire is the spectacular conclusion to the internationally bestselling Raven's Shadow series - a powerful tale of desperate battles, deadly politics and epic adventure. EMPIRES WILL FALL Queen Lyrna has survived the bloody siege of Alltor. Now she must rally her troops and take back the capital from the Volarian invaders. But driving her hated enemy out of the Realm will not satisfy her lust for vengeance - she wants to pursue them across the ocean and burn their empire to ashes. To do so, she must place her faith in the Seventh Order: men and women who wield terrible powers, born of the Dark itself. Vaelin Al Sorna would sacrifice his life for his queen - and may yet have to. Only by unmasking the Volarians' mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned. To this end, Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north, in search of a man who cannot die - and he must do it without the aid of his blood song, which has fallen ominously silent . . . Praise for Raven's Shadow: 'Engrossing' - Buzzfeed 'Powerful' - SFFWorld 'Compelling' - SFX Books by Anthony Ryan: Raven's Shadow Blood Song Tower Lord Queen of Fire Raven's Blade The Wolf's Call The Black Song The Draconis Memoria The Waking Fire The Legion of Flame The Empire of Ashes The Covenant of Steel The Pariah
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I have to agree with most of the 3 star reviews in here. Probably would have given this 3.5 stars. First book was amazing, 2nd was great, 3rd was meh! Such a let down. I am not going to go into to detail but read the other reviews and they are right on. Anthony Ryan created a great, epic, sprawling story. The first 2 books were great character stories that you could not wait to read more and find out what happened. The last book though brought back so many characters that it was tough to follow as some points. Everything that made the first books great was gone. This was just a war story,march here and fight, march here and fight. Other than 1-2 characters I could have cared less what happened to anyone by the end. Anthony Ryan is a great writer and I will read his next book but needs to work on story arc and how to finish a story.
There isn't a lot for me to say about this one. The book was...long. I felt like there were pacing issues throughout the book. We spent an inordinate amount of time focusing on little details and plot threads in the beginning, and then breezed past major developments and events later on. Characterization seemed like a mess, with Vaelin becoming this immortal Gary Stu character and trekking through the arctic for a good 2/3rds of the book. Queen Lyrna's developments were also somewhat abrupt, and the whiplash between her motives and character decisions was real. The ending was also abrupt and unsatisfying, with several plot threads just left hanging. I don't know if the author was planning on there being another book in the series, or if he's planning on picking up these threads with another series entirely, but as it is most of the non-main plots aren't acknowledged.
In short, this series ended a fair distance away from its 5-star beginning. I was very disappointed.
