kuzumel reviewed on 2/20/2016 + 112 more book reviews

Things are coming to a head for the Druids as vampires, end-of-the-world prophecies, conspiracy of 13 deities, rebellions, betrayals, and various quests fill the pages of this installment. Past deeds and debts are coming due, but Atticus O'Sullivan is not always the person paying the bill. So one major story arc wraps up (maybe), but the stage has changed, and the biggest arc is to come. I can hardly wait for the concluding book of the Iron Druid Chronicles.

This is definitely NOT the first book to read if you have not read the previous ones. The two page "The Story so Far" introduction gives you a quick summary of the previous books. But you'd be missing out on the humor, pathos, sagas, stories, cross-n-double cross, and general mayhem that hooked so many fans seven volumes ago.

In some ways, the last two books reminds me of the last three books of the Harry Potter saga. More things are at stake. The tone and events are considerably darker than the first books. In fact, that introductory chapter maps out this progression succinctly. So yes, I kinda miss the humor and lightheartedness of the first two books. But I think the evolution of the Iron Druid Chronicles works. I know the series will end at Hearne's choosing. It won't linger on with lame, life support plots like some other series authors have done with their franchise.

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Kuzu

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