The Lost City of Ithos

10th March 2022:

This was straight out the best book of the series for me. Maybe I would change my mind after reading book 5. Or the other future books. But for now this was the best in the series. 

It got really really dark when Ithos was being described. Usually when places like Ithos are talked about in stories is makes me itch so much to read about this history. But that was less with Ithos, not because of bad writing but infact quite the opposite. Everything was described so well. Mage Errant wasn't a series that ever struck out to me as dark but in this particular part of the book, everything was so eerie and horrible. The Ash piles, the darkness and cold, the graffiti that described feelings of the people as they had been trapped by the exile splinter. It was uncharacteristic but not odd. And so well executed that my curiosity was well quenched.Even the matter about the cold minds and the heir!

The characters as always out did themselves. As the story got dark it effect the relationships but personally it was handled very, very well. 
Though I would admit the 4 four apprentices may at times appear unnaturally mature, but it is certainly not a huge problem for me cause I'm not fan of immature characters. 

Another fact I loved about these books is that the matureness of the characters infact made me rethink the normal mindset to have in fantasies. Cause if you're always up facing one battle on another, why not have the people save time over pointless and needless miscommunication and just have healthy relationships?

The ending made me have so many emotions and really was mind blowing.

I can't really talk about any cons because I really did love this book a lot.

My final rating is 5/5