Quick-take: A forgetful conclusion to the series.

Dan's Review

Heir of Novron contains Wintertide and Percepliquis, books 5 and 6 of Riyria Revelations. The author decided to reorganize these books into 1 and call it a part 1 and part 2.

Wintertide

A jousting tournmanet is scheduled to celebrate the winter festivals. Along with it, a good ole fashioned execution.

This one may be my favorite entry. The story was not complicated and there were plenty of twists. The characters stayed true to their personalities that have been established.

I do have one semi-serious complaint: The ending. It seemed like everything was all wrapped up, and then in the 11th hour, the author decided to mess everything up just to force a new entry into the series. Boo.

Percepliquis

The multi-stage journey concludes as the team resolves ancient rituals.

The only really positive thing I can say about this book, is that actually does conclude the story. Something that annoys me about series that outlasts their stay is that the characters get too powerful. By the end of the story, everybody is an epic god-tier world ruler. There really is nowhere else to progress, so the only thing that can happen is the story ends.

My guess that is what happened with this book. They could not progress any further or achieve any more rewards.

Hadrian started getting on my nerves. He has zero character flaws. He is generous, always has kind words, caring, selfless, etc. He is also an extremely talented fighter and has knowledge in various areas. He shuns ambition. He cares about family above all else. Blech. Royce is far more interesting, but he he was a bit goody-goody in this one too. Show us a bit of evilness, please.

The empress was once again a standout. I enjoy her character. She is also a goody-goody, but you can tell she does not quite know what she is doing and is simply doing the best she can in a tough situation, mostly because everybody is looking up to her.

There were some clever references and reveals at the end that dug deep into previous books. There were a few far-too-convient resolutions to tricky problems, but overall, I left satisfied where everything landed.

Score: 3/5. This is not the strongest entry. It is not the weakest entry. If you had held on this long to the series, then this one is worth the read to catch the ending. The by the time you are done, you can be pleased there are no more.