The Wizard's Crown by Michael G. Manning
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

So, I managed to rip through the last book in this series, literally putting down everything and anything else in my life to see how it finished, simply because I was just THAT invested in the tale. I loved it through the first three, started getting angry at certain characters' decisions in book 4, and then got utterly flabbergasted by the full turn to evil.

You know, the whole Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely thing?

Yeah. I ENJOYED the hard choices and the ruthlessness for most of the series. Now, I did love the magic and the OP setups and especially the cat, and even really appreciated the end of grandma, but the rest?

Dark. Very, very dark. Depressing, even.

And yet, it was a good book as long as you have a high tolerance for tragedy. No Hollywood ending here. It is ENDED, and the timing for the end is not in any way conducive for a good night's sleep.

So, in that respect, I want to give this a 1 star for how it pisses me off. But otherwise, it's rich with fantasy and great plot and wonderful action and a lot of character-changes that don't feel forced. If it had been done in such a way as to give us SATISFACTION, then I'm sure I'd have thrown a 5 star on this. I still devoured it without hesitation. I HOPED that it would pull off a hat trick.

Sigh.


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