The Last Mortal Bond (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #3) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

May 26, 2017 James Schmidt rated it really liked it · review of another edition

My review today is for:

The Last Mortal Bond (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Book 3)

by Brian Staveley

A copy of this book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.

I read and absolutely loved the first two books of this series. One of my new favorite fantasy series and authors. So I had some high expectations going into this book. Alas all of those expectations were met. What a utterly amazing ending to a fabulous fantasy series!

The continued adventures of Valyn, ...more

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Mar 06, 2017 Jason Waltz rated it liked it

Shelves: fantastical, series

this was a strange read. extremely long, yet not the longest page count I've read. I believe this is due to the very sincere fact that every single subplot was momentous pretentious solemn deep ponderous, of such import that nothing else could possibly compare at that moment. it always felt to me that there was a shoe poised to drop, the Sword of Damocles suspended but never falling, everything beneath so terribly terribly important...yet all of it culminating in what exactly? I guess what we le ...more

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Oct 31, 2016 Chompa rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, grimdark, 2016

I finished this sometime in September. I've got mixed feelings on it and it took me a while to write the review. Even now I'm not sure what to write.

There are parts of the book that I love. There are characters in the book that are awesome. There is some amazing action in the book. There are many times in the book where I told myself, "This is the third and final book, you can finish it, right?"

From what I'm seeing of other reviews, I'm probably in the minority on not loving the series. What's ...more

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