This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.
About The Book
The magic has come back to the Plains. The Warrior Priests are no more. The traditions are changing—too quickly for some.
Joden has only ever wanted to be a Singer, to know all of the songs. When the time comes for his Trials, he is challenged to take the old paths—and it ends in disaster. But his broken heart and broken body are found by Amyu . . . and she knows what it is to live with pain.
Amyu should have gone to the snows long ago, but instead chose to live in shame. Cast out of her tribe, she now serves Queen Xylara and the Kingdom of Xy. Her new mission is to find the key to defeating the wyverns who attack from the sky—but can a girl from the Plains control beasts who soar in the air?
She knows that Joden has been brought to her by the winds, and they do what they will. Their love is forbidden by the Plains, and their dreams pull them in different directions—but together they heal each other. If only they could heal their people, who are struggling with the ultimate goal:
Who will be WarKing?
My Review
Warsong is the final installment in the series and my heartfelt so bittersweet upon picking up this book because I just didn’t want this series to end and say goodbye to this world. I do know that her other series “Palins” is connected but not sure how it is connected. (so if you are aware of the connection, let me know) Now this is Joden’s book but is also the conclusion of the series and what has been building the past couple of books, so to be warned that it has multiple plot lines and POV’s. But most of the plot lines are all the favorite characters and their own journey as they come together in the end so I delighted in that. We see many delights from Keir and Lara, Simus, Marcus and Liam, and of course Joden and Amyu. For some part of the book we see Joden’s journey into becoming a singer and yeah his trials aren’t easy and loses the ability to speak clearly and it was a struggle to see him go through his challenges and this is where Amyu really plays such a vital role. She aids him when he needs it the most, and they find a connection together. Amyu has had her own struggles in life is not being able to bear children and is viewed as a “child” with not much worth in her tribe and is now reduced as a mere servant. The villain in the story “Antas” is building his revenge against Keir and has some pretty evil plans ahead for everyone. Keir and Lara are celebrating their twin’s being born. And there is a level of mistrust that unfortunately builds between Keir and Simus due to outside factors and not being able to communicate. And finally, we see Marcus and Liam get their HEA ( I have to say their story is the one I was most looking forward to since reading Warprize. And it was beautiful seeing them come together FINALLY)
Overall I found Warsong to be a thrilling final installment that brings everything to a conclusion with a bit of a teaser in the epilogue and hoping this author will be writing more books in the future. I have found if you love high fantasy then you need these books in your life, they are superb in every way that matters.
Title: Warsong
Author: Elizabeth Vaughan
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Format: eBook
Source: Owned
Length: 344 Pages
Book Links
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Book Evaluation
Storytelling Quality: 5
Story Itself: 5
Character Development: 5
Writing Style: 5
World Building 5
Feels + The Romantic Heart 5
Pacing 4.5
Plot 5
Cover Art 5
Ending 5
Book Ratings
Overall Rating of the Book
Steam Level
Simmering—soft warm touches and light intimacy
Warm- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.
Steamin’ up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.
Blazing fire to the building-The prime focus is the sex scenes, scorching hot, and could burn one. Less focus on the emotional intimacy to the relationship.
About The Author
Elizabeth A. Vaughan is the author of the Chronicles of the Warlands, a fantasy romance trilogy from Tor Books: Warprize (her first novel), Warsworn, and Warlord..
She’s always loved fantasy and science fiction, and has been a fantasy role-player since 1981. By day, Beth’s secret identity is that of a lawyer, practicing in the area of bankruptcy and financial matters, a role she has maintained since 1985.
Beth is owned by three cats, and lives in the Northwest Territory, on the outskirts of the Black Swamp, along Mad Anthony’s Trail on the banks of the Maumee River.
I’ve been wanting to read more fantasy that has romance elements. This one sounds pretty good!
Oh, she looks quite badass! I like the sound of this. It’s always sad to let go of a favorite series. Glad it was a hit! 🙂
Its always sad when a favourite series comes to an end. Glad to see it ended on a high note.
Love the cover – glad to hear it’s an excellent finish. I’ll have to check out book 1!
I love it when a series ends strong! I’m glad this one did that for you.
It’s so bittersweet to have a beloved series come to an end. But it sounds like this one gave you everything you wanted – including a favorite couple getting their HEA! 🙂
Yeah it does have that bittersweet feeling to it, but it does have a connecting series, so I want to read those books soon. But yes this one completely delivered in every way.
I have books by this author but I confes that I haven’t try them. I need to get into them!
It sounds interesting, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
That cover is stunning. For some reason this fantasy series slipped by me, or maybe when it started I was knee-deep in another genre, but this screams read me..lol So glad the conclusion was wonderful.
This series is amazing Kimberly! I just love this series. I definitely think you would enjoy these books.