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Arena 13 Trilogy #3
The Warrior
After everything Leif has been through in Arena 13, it’s finally time for him to fulfil his destiny and accompany his father’s people beyond the barrier that imprisons all mankind.
Meanwhile, Kwin, the girl he loves, is making waves in the arena as the first woman ever to grace its fighting floor.
In their own ways, each of them is fighting to bring down the superhuman monsters that threaten the last people on earth. They might have picked fights they can’t win. But freedom could be something worth dying for.
Meanwhile, Kwin, the girl he loves, is making waves in the arena as the first woman ever to grace its fighting floor.
In their own ways, each of them is fighting to bring down the superhuman monsters that threaten the last people on earth. They might have picked fights they can’t win. But freedom could be something worth dying for.
272 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 10, 2017
About the author
Joseph Delaney
59 books4,006 followersJoseph Delaney was a full time writer living in Lancashire, in the heart of Boggart territory.
He was the author of Wardstone Chronicles, Starblade Chronicles, Arena 13, Aberrations and a new book came out in April 2020, Brother Wulf. This is a new spooks story featuring Tom and Alice, but introducing a new character, a young monk called Brother Wulf.
He first got the idea for the Spooks series when he moved to the village where he lives now and discovered there was a local boggart - ‘a man like me needs boggarts around’. He made a note in his notebook ‘a story about a man who hunts boggarts’ and years later when he had to come up with an idea at short notice developed this into ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’, the first book in the series.
He continued to draw upon the folklore of Lancashire and has acquired much local knowledge over the years which he tweaks and modifies to create his fictional world. Another source of inspiration has been Lancashire's varied and atmospheric landscape. Many of the locations in the County are based on actual places in Lancashire.
In the early days of his writing career Joseph worked as a teacher at a Sixth Form College: his subjects were English, Film and Media Studies. He used to get up early and write every morning before work. That way he could write a book a year – which promptly got rejected! When the Americans bought the series he decided to give up teaching and write full time.
Prior to teaching he worked as an engineer in his twenties, completing an apprenticeship just like Tom Ward in the spook’s books.
Joseph described his method of writing as a process of discovery. He didn’t plot too far ahead and often didn’t know what is going to happen until he writes it down. In other words he made it up as he went along. He prefed writing dialogue to description, in which he said he is a minimalist and leaves much to the reader’s imagination.
Joseph had three children and nine grandchildren and was a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events.
The Spook's Apprentice, The Spook's Curse and The Spook's Secret have all been shortlisted for the Lancashire children's Book for the Year Award. The Spook's Apprentice is the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.
www.josephdelaneyauthor.com
from publisher's website
He was the author of Wardstone Chronicles, Starblade Chronicles, Arena 13, Aberrations and a new book came out in April 2020, Brother Wulf. This is a new spooks story featuring Tom and Alice, but introducing a new character, a young monk called Brother Wulf.
He first got the idea for the Spooks series when he moved to the village where he lives now and discovered there was a local boggart - ‘a man like me needs boggarts around’. He made a note in his notebook ‘a story about a man who hunts boggarts’ and years later when he had to come up with an idea at short notice developed this into ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’, the first book in the series.
He continued to draw upon the folklore of Lancashire and has acquired much local knowledge over the years which he tweaks and modifies to create his fictional world. Another source of inspiration has been Lancashire's varied and atmospheric landscape. Many of the locations in the County are based on actual places in Lancashire.
In the early days of his writing career Joseph worked as a teacher at a Sixth Form College: his subjects were English, Film and Media Studies. He used to get up early and write every morning before work. That way he could write a book a year – which promptly got rejected! When the Americans bought the series he decided to give up teaching and write full time.
Prior to teaching he worked as an engineer in his twenties, completing an apprenticeship just like Tom Ward in the spook’s books.
Joseph described his method of writing as a process of discovery. He didn’t plot too far ahead and often didn’t know what is going to happen until he writes it down. In other words he made it up as he went along. He prefed writing dialogue to description, in which he said he is a minimalist and leaves much to the reader’s imagination.
Joseph had three children and nine grandchildren and was a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events.
The Spook's Apprentice, The Spook's Curse and The Spook's Secret have all been shortlisted for the Lancashire children's Book for the Year Award. The Spook's Apprentice is the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.
www.josephdelaneyauthor.com
from publisher's website
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September 22, 2017
What a disappointing end to this trilogy. I didn't go into it expecting much in the first place, but the ARENA 13 was a fun book and the sequel wasn't horrific. The conclusion to this series wasn't much of a conclusion and it's so flat as to be unsatisfying. Bear in mind, I read the first two books more than a year ago, so my memory is foggy, and despite quick reminders in the final book, I wasn't really feeling it. I still think that Joseph Delaney is a good writer, but unfortunately he doesn't make me care about his characters. The emotional depth is lacking.
Brief summary: Leif gets called by his fellow Genthai warriors on a quest to see what's outside The Barrier. The first chapter was tantalising in that we see his dad Math, but the main story is underwhelming. In a departure from the first two books, Delaney divides his narrative into two narrative strands: Leif and Kwin (his girlfriend). Unfortunately, the new narrative Kwin's pov sounds virtually the same as Leif's and she's not a particularly interesting character. Luckily, this reader only endured three short chapters from her pov. Leif isn't much better, but at least he got to fight with djinni. Predictably, Kwin's dad, the greatest Patterner in Midgard, dies in the most stupid way possible. Deinon, the kid who was training with Leif in the first book, ends up dead too. A lot of deaths in this book, but they're only one sentence long, so they lack an emotional impact.
The POSITIVES:
+ Delaney's crisp, simple, straightforward writing style. I noticed this book doesn't have much in the way of dialogue compared to his previous novels. THE WARRIOR was a novelty for this reason and he gets away with it. Dialogue isn't Delaney's strong point, so it's an improvement on previous books since his characters, regardless of age, social class, or gender, sound exactly the same in terms of their speech patterns and phrases. Having said that, dialogue is an important part of establishing a character's personality, so unfortunately, he fails in creating strong, vivid characters.
+ Partly because of lack of dialogue, the pace was quicker and the scenic descriptions, though not especially unique or beautiful, are competent. They neither slow down the scenes, but sometimes he repeats himself.
+ The ideas and storytelling. Delaney has such interesting ideas that it's almost a shame that he can't create the wonderful, flesh-and-blood characters who deserve to inhabit his universe. They never seem to develop, and as such it's hard to root for them. His characters often fall into simple archetypes; Leif and Kwin are shallow, and the adults i.e. Tyron aren't much better.
+ Decent action sequences.
The NEGATIVES:
- Kwin's narrative. There wasn't any point to seeing things from her pov since she didn't add much to the story and wasn't given much to do. Her revenge feels tacked on. The villain Hob's makes the classic school boy error of pausing to gloat in the midst of their dual when he could have just finished her off.
- The depiction of female characters. Delaney struggles to write female characters. They're either tearful, 'fragile' housewives or entitled she-brats like Kwin. A tip: Males and females have the same emotions. Treat your female characters like a unisex character. Mix around the traits and emotions. The housewife could be a skilled warrior herself. And the entitled she-brat could ease off on the neediness and learn the value of humility. I don't know! Let your imagination free. Unfortunatey, the female characters are often useless or disposable. Ada, the robot woman, is annoying and ineffectual. Peri, the djinn ambassador chick showed some promise with her language skills, but she was only in the book briefly, so remained undeveloped. I wanted to know more about her history; Lief appeared to have more of a connection with her since their was some useful interaction between them.
- One sentence deaths. Characters from previous books get hardly any screen time. Deinon, Tyron and Garrett are footnotes, hardly worth a mention. I didn't feel distraught or stunned when they bit the dust, because I didn't CONNECT with their stories. The author didn't do anything to make me WANT to care.
- Lack of a sense of humour. Why do none of the characters have a sense of humour? Delaney's work is very dour. It would be a better reading experience if there was a streak of humour running through the writing.
- Lack of metaphors/imagery.
- Rushed storyline. It felt like Delaney was writing to some kind of deadline. Either that, or he got bored of the series and wanted to end it asap. It's a shame because ARENA 13 was a good mixture of fantasy and science-fiction dystopia. If only he's character development was up to scratch, he would have had something excellent and unique on his hands. It might have worked as an adult series - the influences are rich and varied: FRANKENSTEIN, H.G. WELLS, THE LOST WORLD, GLADIATOR, BLADE RUNNER etc.
If Delaney writes another series, I'll check it out, but ARENA 13 was a disappointment. I'm glad I gave his work another chance after abandoning THE SPOOK's series though.
Brief summary: Leif gets called by his fellow Genthai warriors on a quest to see what's outside The Barrier. The first chapter was tantalising in that we see his dad Math, but the main story is underwhelming. In a departure from the first two books, Delaney divides his narrative into two narrative strands: Leif and Kwin (his girlfriend). Unfortunately, the new narrative Kwin's pov sounds virtually the same as Leif's and she's not a particularly interesting character. Luckily, this reader only endured three short chapters from her pov. Leif isn't much better, but at least he got to fight with djinni. Predictably, Kwin's dad, the greatest Patterner in Midgard, dies in the most stupid way possible. Deinon, the kid who was training with Leif in the first book, ends up dead too. A lot of deaths in this book, but they're only one sentence long, so they lack an emotional impact.
The POSITIVES:
+ Delaney's crisp, simple, straightforward writing style. I noticed this book doesn't have much in the way of dialogue compared to his previous novels. THE WARRIOR was a novelty for this reason and he gets away with it. Dialogue isn't Delaney's strong point, so it's an improvement on previous books since his characters, regardless of age, social class, or gender, sound exactly the same in terms of their speech patterns and phrases. Having said that, dialogue is an important part of establishing a character's personality, so unfortunately, he fails in creating strong, vivid characters.
+ Partly because of lack of dialogue, the pace was quicker and the scenic descriptions, though not especially unique or beautiful, are competent. They neither slow down the scenes, but sometimes he repeats himself.
+ The ideas and storytelling. Delaney has such interesting ideas that it's almost a shame that he can't create the wonderful, flesh-and-blood characters who deserve to inhabit his universe. They never seem to develop, and as such it's hard to root for them. His characters often fall into simple archetypes; Leif and Kwin are shallow, and the adults i.e. Tyron aren't much better.
+ Decent action sequences.
The NEGATIVES:
- Kwin's narrative. There wasn't any point to seeing things from her pov since she didn't add much to the story and wasn't given much to do. Her revenge feels tacked on. The villain Hob's makes the classic school boy error of pausing to gloat in the midst of their dual when he could have just finished her off.
- The depiction of female characters. Delaney struggles to write female characters. They're either tearful, 'fragile' housewives or entitled she-brats like Kwin. A tip: Males and females have the same emotions. Treat your female characters like a unisex character. Mix around the traits and emotions. The housewife could be a skilled warrior herself. And the entitled she-brat could ease off on the neediness and learn the value of humility. I don't know! Let your imagination free. Unfortunatey, the female characters are often useless or disposable. Ada, the robot woman, is annoying and ineffectual. Peri, the djinn ambassador chick showed some promise with her language skills, but she was only in the book briefly, so remained undeveloped. I wanted to know more about her history; Lief appeared to have more of a connection with her since their was some useful interaction between them.
- One sentence deaths. Characters from previous books get hardly any screen time. Deinon, Tyron and Garrett are footnotes, hardly worth a mention. I didn't feel distraught or stunned when they bit the dust, because I didn't CONNECT with their stories. The author didn't do anything to make me WANT to care.
- Lack of a sense of humour. Why do none of the characters have a sense of humour? Delaney's work is very dour. It would be a better reading experience if there was a streak of humour running through the writing.
- Lack of metaphors/imagery.
- Rushed storyline. It felt like Delaney was writing to some kind of deadline. Either that, or he got bored of the series and wanted to end it asap. It's a shame because ARENA 13 was a good mixture of fantasy and science-fiction dystopia. If only he's character development was up to scratch, he would have had something excellent and unique on his hands. It might have worked as an adult series - the influences are rich and varied: FRANKENSTEIN, H.G. WELLS, THE LOST WORLD, GLADIATOR, BLADE RUNNER etc.
If Delaney writes another series, I'll check it out, but ARENA 13 was a disappointment. I'm glad I gave his work another chance after abandoning THE SPOOK's series though.
January 14, 2020
I enjoyed it a lot, read it in a few hours, BUT I hope there is another one coming because it brought about more questions than answers. Who is the trader? Why is his face hidden? Are the lacs free and fight in free will? What is the barrier made of? Why did the jinn need to drink blood at all? What about the other 12 jinn cland beyond the barrier? One more book please 😁😁😁
November 4, 2017
In my reviews of the other two books in this series, I picked up on some negative aspects of Delaney's work, but the absolute worst thing he writes are character deaths.
Delaney is also terrible at writing endings, everything seems to fall flat, there are always more questions than answers and I never end up feeling fulfilled or happy with any sort of outcome - even if it's something that I liked.
However, Delaney is one of those authors who are unafraid to kill off major characters, which obviously isn't great because we care about them, but it's realistic. It doesn't feel as if Delaney is writing unrealistically in order to keep his readers happy, if he wants to kill someone, then they're as good as dead. Therefore, I never felt safe, constantly throughout the novel I was on edge, worried about whether characters I liked would die - the threat was always there.
Even though Delaney's writing is riddled with flaws, I have so much respect for the fact that he writes what he wants, there's no censorship, there's no beating around the bush. Delaney doesn't seem to care about whether he is making his readers happy or not, he's just writing for himself, and that is something I can fully respect.
Overall not a bad series, I'm not sure if there will be more after this, but I will probably read it, just out of curiosity.
Delaney is also terrible at writing endings, everything seems to fall flat, there are always more questions than answers and I never end up feeling fulfilled or happy with any sort of outcome - even if it's something that I liked.
However, Delaney is one of those authors who are unafraid to kill off major characters, which obviously isn't great because we care about them, but it's realistic. It doesn't feel as if Delaney is writing unrealistically in order to keep his readers happy, if he wants to kill someone, then they're as good as dead. Therefore, I never felt safe, constantly throughout the novel I was on edge, worried about whether characters I liked would die - the threat was always there.
Even though Delaney's writing is riddled with flaws, I have so much respect for the fact that he writes what he wants, there's no censorship, there's no beating around the bush. Delaney doesn't seem to care about whether he is making his readers happy or not, he's just writing for himself, and that is something I can fully respect.
Overall not a bad series, I'm not sure if there will be more after this, but I will probably read it, just out of curiosity.
January 26, 2021
Zdecydowanie najgorsza część. Wiele rzeczy wydawało się być ze sobą niepowiązanych, albo nie mieć sensu. Jako zakończenie historii - okej, jest w porządku, ale to, jak szybko nastąpiło to, na co Leif czekał... no troszkę się zawiodłam :(
December 2, 2017
Absolutely terrible.
What a disappointment. After reading the first two books of the trilogy, I was looking forward to reading this book. However, after reading The Warrior, I couldn't be more confused. How on earth is this book the final of the Arena 13 series. I still can't believe that Joseph Delany has just casually ended with this shit.
The first two books were great. I enjoyed it thoroughly and although I had some issues with the second book, it was still an enjoyable read as it contained the emotional details needed. These emotional details, however, was not present at all in the third book. I was already pissed off that in the second book of the series, The Prey, Joseph Delany did not elaborate after killing one of the selves of Hob. Was the moment not a milestone to signify a step closer to defeating Hob. Was it not a rare occurrence? There were 0 descriptions of the audience who watched Hob getting defeated by Leif, son of Math. None. None at all. It was as if he is rushing to tell the events and not writing a story. I don't understand how an author who wrote such a fabulous first book would have done this.
But the second book was no match for the third and final book. I felt that it was written by an entirely different author. Was he under a dateline which he had to rush for? I will never know. But a trilogy that only gets shorter and shorter is not a good sign. The first book was almost as long as the second and third book combined. Why is this so?
The third book had no emotional moments as the author did not bother to add any of those. He kept throwing characters that we have no knowledge of to their death and did not mention them ever again. The stupidity of the protagonist, Leif, also made me sick. Even though he knew that his partner Garrett was going to die at the bridge, he still insisted that they should proceed to the bridge. This will never make sense. To me, this sounds like a convenient excuse for the author to kill Garrett to attempt to obtain some sympathy from the readers? It is entirely for the plot to move on. Could you not think of some better reason to bring Garrett to his death?? After Garrett's death, and all the other members of his team, he did not feel the tiniest bit of grief. There were more than sufficient amount of deaths in the third book but none was elaborated. Even the accidental death of the Arena 13 combatant in the first book was more emotional than the all the deaths in the third book.
Finally, the ending of the book is a cliffhanger. That is the worse ending I can think of to such a great start to the series. Introducing so many new information and leaving us with that is not a way to end a book. Especially one that has no more books to follow it. Furthermore, the third book is filled with introductions to things and characters from the first two books. It honestly feels like a filler to increase the pathetic length of the third book after not putting in any effort into writing the finale.
Oh, did I mention, the official defeat of Hob was also not elaborated. It felt just like any other death in the third book. Meaningless.
Overall, the book has an extremely great potential. Enjoy it at your risk. Just be prepared for a major letdown after completing the series.
What a disappointment. After reading the first two books of the trilogy, I was looking forward to reading this book. However, after reading The Warrior, I couldn't be more confused. How on earth is this book the final of the Arena 13 series. I still can't believe that Joseph Delany has just casually ended with this shit.
The first two books were great. I enjoyed it thoroughly and although I had some issues with the second book, it was still an enjoyable read as it contained the emotional details needed. These emotional details, however, was not present at all in the third book. I was already pissed off that in the second book of the series, The Prey, Joseph Delany did not elaborate after killing one of the selves of Hob. Was the moment not a milestone to signify a step closer to defeating Hob. Was it not a rare occurrence? There were 0 descriptions of the audience who watched Hob getting defeated by Leif, son of Math. None. None at all. It was as if he is rushing to tell the events and not writing a story. I don't understand how an author who wrote such a fabulous first book would have done this.
But the second book was no match for the third and final book. I felt that it was written by an entirely different author. Was he under a dateline which he had to rush for? I will never know. But a trilogy that only gets shorter and shorter is not a good sign. The first book was almost as long as the second and third book combined. Why is this so?
The third book had no emotional moments as the author did not bother to add any of those. He kept throwing characters that we have no knowledge of to their death and did not mention them ever again. The stupidity of the protagonist, Leif, also made me sick. Even though he knew that his partner Garrett was going to die at the bridge, he still insisted that they should proceed to the bridge. This will never make sense. To me, this sounds like a convenient excuse for the author to kill Garrett to attempt to obtain some sympathy from the readers? It is entirely for the plot to move on. Could you not think of some better reason to bring Garrett to his death?? After Garrett's death, and all the other members of his team, he did not feel the tiniest bit of grief. There were more than sufficient amount of deaths in the third book but none was elaborated. Even the accidental death of the Arena 13 combatant in the first book was more emotional than the all the deaths in the third book.
Finally, the ending of the book is a cliffhanger. That is the worse ending I can think of to such a great start to the series. Introducing so many new information and leaving us with that is not a way to end a book. Especially one that has no more books to follow it. Furthermore, the third book is filled with introductions to things and characters from the first two books. It honestly feels like a filler to increase the pathetic length of the third book after not putting in any effort into writing the finale.
Oh, did I mention, the official defeat of Hob was also not elaborated. It felt just like any other death in the third book. Meaningless.
Overall, the book has an extremely great potential. Enjoy it at your risk. Just be prepared for a major letdown after completing the series.
April 8, 2018
J'ai terminé ce livre parce que c'était le dernier tome de la saga sinon, je crois que j’aurais laissé tomber. J'ai sauté des lignes pendant ma lecture à cause des longueurs inutiles parmi lesquelles des répétitions et des descriptions trop longues pour les paysages et les combats. Et pour ce qui est de la fin, j'ai été très très déçue parce que pour moi, il n'y en a pas vraiment.
November 2, 2017
This is the first time I have ever been disappointed by one of Joseph Delaney’s books.
If this is the end of the series, which I believe to be a trilogy then what a hugely flat and disappointing end to a series that started with such imagination and promise.
So many potential avenues left unexplored, while the second half of this book and the battle against Hob felt poorly thought through and really didn’t resonate with me at all.
I really hope the next Starblade book doesn’t serve up more of the same.
If this is the end of the series, which I believe to be a trilogy then what a hugely flat and disappointing end to a series that started with such imagination and promise.
So many potential avenues left unexplored, while the second half of this book and the battle against Hob felt poorly thought through and really didn’t resonate with me at all.
I really hope the next Starblade book doesn’t serve up more of the same.
July 14, 2019
Mixed feelings with this last book and the series: the author has created a very large and somewhat complex universe, but the storyline only touches upon a very small part of it, possibly to fuel a forthcoming sequel.
The story also lacks the pace, the grit and the sense of hopelessness that the Spook's books so well conveyed, and, to my opinion, fails to surprise the reader.
It seems that the series conclusion is pretty much clear from the outset, and the ending falls flat.
The story also lacks the pace, the grit and the sense of hopelessness that the Spook's books so well conveyed, and, to my opinion, fails to surprise the reader.
It seems that the series conclusion is pretty much clear from the outset, and the ending falls flat.
May 3, 2018
Out of the three of them, this one was the weakest. The ending was meh... and I could not care less about Leif's perspective. The story flew from 0 to 100 way to fast and the story got too complex in the last book. Who does that if you are not planning to continue.? Maybe I would've been more okay with everything if this weren't the last book. Such a waste of a good story with a bad ending.
November 28, 2017
what a terrible way to end the trilogy the first two books were amazing but this one is juz horrible.
April 17, 2026
Lu en anglais en Espagne.
J'ai préfèré ce tome à celui d'avant.
Je trouve que l'écriture est mieux, un peu moins simpliste. L'histoire approfondie l'univers et est assez chouette. La découverte du système de combats de l'aréna 13.. est ce qui m'a le plus plu de la série et c'est dans le tome 1, mais je trouve que ce tome est mieux écrit, donc quand on relis la saga sans la découverte au premier tome, ce dernier livre est meilleur je trouve.
J'ai pas été spécialement touché ou à fond dans le livre mais c'était très sympa à lire. J'aurais même aimé une suite du coup.
En tout cas imaginer les humains, plus ou moins au Moyen Âge sortir face aux djinns qui sont sur la Lune c'est assez cool comme idée. Et le fait que les djinn s'organise plus ou moins en classement grâce à des arènes c'est stylé aussi. J'ai bien aimé ce qu'on apprend de leur société en ayant seulement un aperçu des djinn les plus faibles, proches des humains.
Donc franchement le scénario est mieux que dans le 2, avec des idées vraiment cool avec cette ville de Djinn qui veulent aller plus au Nord si ils gagnent le tournoi, puis ensuite sortir de l'île, et enfin les étoiles. Et les djinn de plus en plus complexe, avec un simple aperçu des plus faibles avec des centaines de corps, mais assez proche des humains...
J'ai préfèré ce tome à celui d'avant.
Je trouve que l'écriture est mieux, un peu moins simpliste. L'histoire approfondie l'univers et est assez chouette. La découverte du système de combats de l'aréna 13.. est ce qui m'a le plus plu de la série et c'est dans le tome 1, mais je trouve que ce tome est mieux écrit, donc quand on relis la saga sans la découverte au premier tome, ce dernier livre est meilleur je trouve.
J'ai pas été spécialement touché ou à fond dans le livre mais c'était très sympa à lire. J'aurais même aimé une suite du coup.
En tout cas imaginer les humains, plus ou moins au Moyen Âge sortir face aux djinns qui sont sur la Lune c'est assez cool comme idée. Et le fait que les djinn s'organise plus ou moins en classement grâce à des arènes c'est stylé aussi. J'ai bien aimé ce qu'on apprend de leur société en ayant seulement un aperçu des djinn les plus faibles, proches des humains.
Donc franchement le scénario est mieux que dans le 2, avec des idées vraiment cool avec cette ville de Djinn qui veulent aller plus au Nord si ils gagnent le tournoi, puis ensuite sortir de l'île, et enfin les étoiles. Et les djinn de plus en plus complexe, avec un simple aperçu des plus faibles avec des centaines de corps, mais assez proche des humains...
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May 15, 2018
4.5/5
"En résumé, un dernier tome qui tient toutes ses promesses, voire plus. J'ai tout adoré et surtout le fait que Leif et Kwin soient de nouveau séparés, vivant chacun leur aventure, mais avec le même but. L'auteur ne chouchoute pas ses personnages, et il est évident que vous aurez le cœur brisé à plusieurs reprises. Une trilogie que je vous conseille chaudement de découvrir !"
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"En résumé, un dernier tome qui tient toutes ses promesses, voire plus. J'ai tout adoré et surtout le fait que Leif et Kwin soient de nouveau séparés, vivant chacun leur aventure, mais avec le même but. L'auteur ne chouchoute pas ses personnages, et il est évident que vous aurez le cœur brisé à plusieurs reprises. Une trilogie que je vous conseille chaudement de découvrir !"
Chronique complète: http://lire-une-passion.weebly.com/fa...
October 4, 2024
I DON'T THINK MY REVIEW SPOILS THE STORY BUT IF YOUR REALLY SENSITIVE THEN DON'T READ MY REVIEW!!!!
The book was packed with exciting parts and the story finished in a clift hanger kinda way that lets your mind figure out what might've happened after the book finished. I really miss reading this series. Recommended for teenagers who like fantasy books. A five star book series in my opinion.
The book was packed with exciting parts and the story finished in a clift hanger kinda way that lets your mind figure out what might've happened after the book finished. I really miss reading this series. Recommended for teenagers who like fantasy books. A five star book series in my opinion.
March 30, 2019
But it could have been better with some editing. But because far too many sentences began with the word but. But there were many other grammatical errors. Of course the story ended in a cliffhanger, certainly open to a sequel.
March 2, 2018
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17/20 - Un troisième tome intense qui nous réserve quelques belles surprises !!
17/20 - Un troisième tome intense qui nous réserve quelques belles surprises !!
September 20, 2018
So was this the final book or not? There is a lot of confusion in this book...
March 31, 2019
I hope there will be another one because i feel like the story isnt finish
September 16, 2019
All 3 of them were good books
February 6, 2020
great book
May 19, 2020
Plodding book as though Delaney wanted to rush to the ending but doing this the long way round. Disappointing read.
May 23, 2020
Definitely much better written than the first two. I loved the way it ended although I certainly would also love to see a fourth book depicting the war outside the barrier.
April 18, 2022
Great story, however i feel it was too short for everything that was going on. There are lot of stones left unturned. This almost feels like an intro story to subverting bigger.
August 29, 2022
What the hell was even that?
November 5, 2022
boze takie slabe zakończenie troche :(
December 25, 2022
I liked this book series a lot but some parts did leave many unanswered questions. I’m hoping there is another book to level or answer some of these.
August 4, 2025
The final tale in this trilogy and one that is rather sad.
June 17, 2020
17/20
Eh bien non ! Ce n’est pas une trilogie. Moi qui voulais vider ma liste de lecture en cours, j’ai l’impression que je n’arriverai jamais à terminer toutes les séries que j’ai commencé :/
Cependant, j’ai beaucoup aimé ce tome, je l’ai trouvé meilleurs que les deux premiers, en fait.
Cette suite est très entraînante, j’me suis tout de suite plongée dans l’histoire et je dois dire que j’adore Leif. C’est tout à fait le genre de héros dont j’apprécie de lire les aventures : droit, modeste, incroyable et déterminé. Il est trop attachant et à chaque péripétie, je vibrais avec lui.
Son périple hors de Midgard est vraiment intéressant et on découvre de nouvelles choses qu’on ne soupçonnait pas du tout. Je me suis demandée comment toute cette expédition allait tourner.
La scène où J’étais trop fière de mon Leif, un vrai guerrier. D’ailleurs, ce tome est plus sanglant que les autres, on s’y croirait presque ! Ça rendait les scènes de combats très réalistes.
L’auteur nous laisse sur une fin tout en éclat.
Les prochains tomes sont pleins de promesses ! Ça va être chiant d’attendre le quatrième. En tout cas, j’ai hâte de retrouver mon Leif et de savoir enfin de quoi est fait le monde au-delà de la Haute Muraille.
UPDATE : En fait, le troisième est bien le dernier tome !! Je suis dég, c’est n’importe quoi de nous laisser sur une fin de la sorte et même d’avoir laissé planer le doute sur une possible suite ! Ça fait trop longtemps que j’ai lu ce livre donc je ne vais pas revenir sur mon commentaire ni sur la note que je lui avais donnée mais il ne mérite donc clairement pas un 17. C’est peut-être la maison d’édition qui a décidé d’arrêter la saga sans que l’auteur n’y puisse rien. D’un côté, quand ça venait de sortir, c’était annoncé comme une trilo et c’est comme cela que je l’ai compris dès le départ. Ou alors, c’était peut-être les lecteurs qui ont lancé la rumeur d’une suite étant donné la fin du tome 3 et franchement, c’est compréhensible. On ne finit par une trilogie comme ça ! On s’attend clairement à un ou même deux livres de plus pour clore cette histoire ! Déception, je me sens un peu berné. Ce dernier tome mérite pas sa place dans ma liste d’argent.
Eh bien non ! Ce n’est pas une trilogie. Moi qui voulais vider ma liste de lecture en cours, j’ai l’impression que je n’arriverai jamais à terminer toutes les séries que j’ai commencé :/
Cependant, j’ai beaucoup aimé ce tome, je l’ai trouvé meilleurs que les deux premiers, en fait.
Cette suite est très entraînante, j’me suis tout de suite plongée dans l’histoire et je dois dire que j’adore Leif. C’est tout à fait le genre de héros dont j’apprécie de lire les aventures : droit, modeste, incroyable et déterminé. Il est trop attachant et à chaque péripétie, je vibrais avec lui.
Son périple hors de Midgard est vraiment intéressant et on découvre de nouvelles choses qu’on ne soupçonnait pas du tout. Je me suis demandée comment toute cette expédition allait tourner.
La scène où J’étais trop fière de mon Leif, un vrai guerrier. D’ailleurs, ce tome est plus sanglant que les autres, on s’y croirait presque ! Ça rendait les scènes de combats très réalistes.
L’auteur nous laisse sur une fin tout en éclat.
Les prochains tomes sont pleins de promesses ! Ça va être chiant d’attendre le quatrième. En tout cas, j’ai hâte de retrouver mon Leif et de savoir enfin de quoi est fait le monde au-delà de la Haute Muraille.
UPDATE : En fait, le troisième est bien le dernier tome !! Je suis dég, c’est n’importe quoi de nous laisser sur une fin de la sorte et même d’avoir laissé planer le doute sur une possible suite ! Ça fait trop longtemps que j’ai lu ce livre donc je ne vais pas revenir sur mon commentaire ni sur la note que je lui avais donnée mais il ne mérite donc clairement pas un 17. C’est peut-être la maison d’édition qui a décidé d’arrêter la saga sans que l’auteur n’y puisse rien. D’un côté, quand ça venait de sortir, c’était annoncé comme une trilo et c’est comme cela que je l’ai compris dès le départ. Ou alors, c’était peut-être les lecteurs qui ont lancé la rumeur d’une suite étant donné la fin du tome 3 et franchement, c’est compréhensible. On ne finit par une trilogie comme ça ! On s’attend clairement à un ou même deux livres de plus pour clore cette histoire ! Déception, je me sens un peu berné. Ce dernier tome mérite pas sa place dans ma liste d’argent.
March 6, 2019
The 2nd book was a bit of a let down, and this book only picks up after the 2nd chapter. I ended up finishing this book in 3 days. This was epic compared to the first which originally got me into reading. The only disappointment is how it ends. There is no 4th Arena book, and I've yet to get a response from Joseph Delaney regarding a possible new series to follow up in the universe.
August 6, 2021
3,5/4
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