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Age of Fire #6
Dragon Fate
Scattered across a continent, three dragon siblings are among the last of a dying breed—the final hope for their species' survival.
After fighting a war that cost each of them kingdom and land, friends and family, honor and glory, the dragon siblings have removed themselves from the troubles of the world. But the order they fought to establish is falling apart. Ancient sorceries have been awakened. Dragons battle dragons. And men are taking up arms against their winged overlords. Now, the three must unite once more to save dragonkind from extinction, before the chaos and fire of war consume them all...and the world with them.
After fighting a war that cost each of them kingdom and land, friends and family, honor and glory, the dragon siblings have removed themselves from the troubles of the world. But the order they fought to establish is falling apart. Ancient sorceries have been awakened. Dragons battle dragons. And men are taking up arms against their winged overlords. Now, the three must unite once more to save dragonkind from extinction, before the chaos and fire of war consume them all...and the world with them.
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February 11, 2012
Oh, now where should I start?
I was so excited to read the last book of the Age of Fire series. The last one ended on a bit of a cliffhanger with the three dragon siblings having been exiled, so I was very interested to see how they would return (and hoping that they would extract their revenge). I had looked at the reviews before I started reading and was a little worried, but had to read it nonetheless. Having just finished reading the book, I am now pretending that none of the events ever happened.
Ignoring the plot and just focusing on the writing, it was bad. The further into the book you got the more and more typos there were. I have to agree with other reviews and say that it almost seemed like a first or second draft with the editor having not had the chance to go through it all before it was published. There were missing words, typos, characters that appeared out of nowhere, characters that were sent somewhere else only to re-appear a sentence later, etc. There was one point in the book where I had re-read a sentence multiple times because it didn't make any sense (it had to have at least been missing a verb) and I just had to give up on it. There was another point where I thought they forgot to put in a scene; it was just a huge awkward jump.
For those that are interested in reading the series or have already started and about to finish. I say to avoid this book unless you're a diehard. I might even go as so far to say to read only the first three or four and be done with the series. I'm a little upset at what has happened to our beloved dragons, but the series obviously needed to come to end (unfortunately for the author it seemed as though the end didn't come soon enough).
I was so excited to read the last book of the Age of Fire series. The last one ended on a bit of a cliffhanger with the three dragon siblings having been exiled, so I was very interested to see how they would return (and hoping that they would extract their revenge). I had looked at the reviews before I started reading and was a little worried, but had to read it nonetheless. Having just finished reading the book, I am now pretending that none of the events ever happened.
Ignoring the plot and just focusing on the writing, it was bad. The further into the book you got the more and more typos there were. I have to agree with other reviews and say that it almost seemed like a first or second draft with the editor having not had the chance to go through it all before it was published. There were missing words, typos, characters that appeared out of nowhere, characters that were sent somewhere else only to re-appear a sentence later, etc. There was one point in the book where I had re-read a sentence multiple times because it didn't make any sense (it had to have at least been missing a verb) and I just had to give up on it. There was another point where I thought they forgot to put in a scene; it was just a huge awkward jump.
For those that are interested in reading the series or have already started and about to finish. I say to avoid this book unless you're a diehard. I might even go as so far to say to read only the first three or four and be done with the series. I'm a little upset at what has happened to our beloved dragons, but the series obviously needed to come to end (unfortunately for the author it seemed as though the end didn't come soon enough).
January 7, 2012
All of this series has been - well, the author jumps around a lot, letting years pass between scenes without giving any explanation. But this last one feels like the author said "Oh yeah, I need to get a conclusion out for that series...here, have my plot notes!"
More writing, please. Also, dragon's mate's names should not be interchangeable. Especially when at one point you're talking about a dragon's mate and you name his SISTER instead. Come on, it's not that hard. You only have three main characters!
Oh, and the actual ending? I'm still not sure what actually happened, or where two of the main characters went. He talks about something about to happen, and then mentions that it happened (from a years-later perspective) but doesn't actually DESCRIBE IT HAPPENING. Quit being lazy. Show me the action!
More writing, please. Also, dragon's mate's names should not be interchangeable. Especially when at one point you're talking about a dragon's mate and you name his SISTER instead. Come on, it's not that hard. You only have three main characters!
Oh, and the actual ending? I'm still not sure what actually happened, or where two of the main characters went. He talks about something about to happen, and then mentions that it happened (from a years-later perspective) but doesn't actually DESCRIBE IT HAPPENING. Quit being lazy. Show me the action!
February 1, 2015
Ultimately a disappointing end to the trilogy, unfortunately.
At times it was hard to follow, and the characters - previously a strong point - seemed to all merge into each other.
Errors certainly didn't help matters, with some characters able to say something even though they aren't even present in the scene. I know NiVom managed to contribute to discussions a few times around the Dragon Tower with Copper, even though he was still in the south.
I also found the end to be so terribly rushed. There wasn't really a conclusion to the story at all, and the constantly switching perspectives confused both the reader - and it seemed the author too, as descriptions get very convoluted in the final chapters, and characters appeared and vanished with alarming regularity.
The series could have ended with book 4 and it would have been superb. Alas that it continued to 6.
At times it was hard to follow, and the characters - previously a strong point - seemed to all merge into each other.
Errors certainly didn't help matters, with some characters able to say something even though they aren't even present in the scene. I know NiVom managed to contribute to discussions a few times around the Dragon Tower with Copper, even though he was still in the south.
I also found the end to be so terribly rushed. There wasn't really a conclusion to the story at all, and the constantly switching perspectives confused both the reader - and it seemed the author too, as descriptions get very convoluted in the final chapters, and characters appeared and vanished with alarming regularity.
The series could have ended with book 4 and it would have been superb. Alas that it continued to 6.
April 23, 2023
What an absolute god damn mess of nonsense and rushed writing this book was, and an even bigger disappointment on top of that.
The beginning was interesting, with a nice, slow pace that seemed to setup the characters for the rest of the books. But then it slowly spiraled into tiny, weird plot threads that seemed to only serve the purpose of world building, and by the end of the book, looking back on it, they felt like useless filler. By the time I reached 60% of the book, I could tell the ending and the finale would be very rushed, because the author just didn't have enough pages left to fulfil his vision, but I absolutely wasn't ready for the plot and everything to take a vertical fucking nose dive off a cliff by the end....
The rushed, fast pacing of the previous books might as well have been a snail's pace compared to this one. Events just... happened randomly, POV's would switch several times during chapters, with certain POV's that haven't even been seen before in the books. All sense of logic and reason went out the window in terms of the events that transpired. A bunch of characters from previous books suddenly became very important, or had total shifts in personality for the sake of making them the villain, and the main plot twist was honestly rather predictable and not satisfying at all.
I'm not sure if I could even call this a first draft. In terms of actual spelling and stuff, it was pretty good (except for one massive name mix up that was honestly hilarious because of just how bad it was), but there was no consistency to the plot, no thought put into the little details, or even the timeline. The unexpected timewarps and weird breaking of the timeline (one dragon flies off at the end of a chapter, only to still be present in the fight a few sentences later in the chapter, and then that chapter switches POV to that dragon's where he's on the other side of the world....) were so jarring, that I found myself often carefully rereading paragraphs and sentences to figure out who said what, or how a certain event transpired, or what the hell even happened.
And the ending itself. My god, what a disaster. It had one neat twist that kinda tugged at my heartstrings, but even that twist was quickly thrown out the window because the plot decided to defy logic. The ending was wholly unsatisfying, over the top, and quite frankly, stupid. There was no lore or world building to back it up, and certain parts of it felt like the author wrote them as satire or joke.
It's hard for me to explain just how disappointed I am with this book and this conclusion, yet, at the same time, it was so bad that I feel like I'm quickly going to forget about it, because I just can't take it seriously. It felt more like a joke, something that rushed beyond belief for the sake of publishing the book.
All in all, this series was fantastic, despite the various quality dips and weird pacing throughout, simply because of the characters and the world building. Those parts will still live on in my mind as something great. It's just so sad to see the series end on this not... I was told the last book was bad, but I never could've imagined it being this bad, so it rightfully earns my first ever 1 star rating on Goodreads.
I am still going to read the author's follow up series, A Dragoneer Academy, but oh man, I'm gonna need a heavy palette cleanser after this book to prepare myself for that...
The beginning was interesting, with a nice, slow pace that seemed to setup the characters for the rest of the books. But then it slowly spiraled into tiny, weird plot threads that seemed to only serve the purpose of world building, and by the end of the book, looking back on it, they felt like useless filler. By the time I reached 60% of the book, I could tell the ending and the finale would be very rushed, because the author just didn't have enough pages left to fulfil his vision, but I absolutely wasn't ready for the plot and everything to take a vertical fucking nose dive off a cliff by the end....
The rushed, fast pacing of the previous books might as well have been a snail's pace compared to this one. Events just... happened randomly, POV's would switch several times during chapters, with certain POV's that haven't even been seen before in the books. All sense of logic and reason went out the window in terms of the events that transpired. A bunch of characters from previous books suddenly became very important, or had total shifts in personality for the sake of making them the villain, and the main plot twist was honestly rather predictable and not satisfying at all.
I'm not sure if I could even call this a first draft. In terms of actual spelling and stuff, it was pretty good (except for one massive name mix up that was honestly hilarious because of just how bad it was), but there was no consistency to the plot, no thought put into the little details, or even the timeline. The unexpected timewarps and weird breaking of the timeline (one dragon flies off at the end of a chapter, only to still be present in the fight a few sentences later in the chapter, and then that chapter switches POV to that dragon's where he's on the other side of the world....) were so jarring, that I found myself often carefully rereading paragraphs and sentences to figure out who said what, or how a certain event transpired, or what the hell even happened.
And the ending itself. My god, what a disaster. It had one neat twist that kinda tugged at my heartstrings, but even that twist was quickly thrown out the window because the plot decided to defy logic. The ending was wholly unsatisfying, over the top, and quite frankly, stupid. There was no lore or world building to back it up, and certain parts of it felt like the author wrote them as satire or joke.
It's hard for me to explain just how disappointed I am with this book and this conclusion, yet, at the same time, it was so bad that I feel like I'm quickly going to forget about it, because I just can't take it seriously. It felt more like a joke, something that rushed beyond belief for the sake of publishing the book.
All in all, this series was fantastic, despite the various quality dips and weird pacing throughout, simply because of the characters and the world building. Those parts will still live on in my mind as something great. It's just so sad to see the series end on this not... I was told the last book was bad, but I never could've imagined it being this bad, so it rightfully earns my first ever 1 star rating on Goodreads.
I am still going to read the author's follow up series, A Dragoneer Academy, but oh man, I'm gonna need a heavy palette cleanser after this book to prepare myself for that...
November 27, 2012
For the most part, I enjoyed the story. I had rather expected things in the Dragon Empire to deteriorate quickly while the siblings were in exile. And, things certainly got dark just as they should. I continued to enjoy seeing the siblings work together--especially AuRon and RuGaard. It's a nice completion to the circle: in the beginning of Dragon Champion (and Dragon Outcast), they started (briefly) working together but for their own advantage; now they're again working together, but this time for mutual advantage. I really appreciated that touch.
Of course, the book did have problems. Serious problems that really affected the story's flow. Previous books had problems with character misnamings, but not as bad as this one. It gets really bad when a character is called the wrong name and the real owner of the name is in the same scene. There are also some discontinuity. For example, at one point, AuRon and Wistala are searching for clues to a mystery. Their separate paths eventually join where they're battling trolls. They withdraw and Wistala recovers from her injuries. We go away for a chapter or two. When we come back to them again, they're suddenly searching for Heiba's daughter. No explanation of how they went from went from searching for clues to a mystery to searching for a character that had not been mentioned at all before this point or again afterward. It's as if there was some passage that contained some important bit of information but was deleted, important bits and all.
There's a similar occurrence where a character seems to suddenly turn dark side. I appreciate twists as much as the next person, but there should be some sense to the twist.
So, a very good book that's plagued by some serious problems. Knight should have given it one more editing pass.
Of course, the book did have problems. Serious problems that really affected the story's flow. Previous books had problems with character misnamings, but not as bad as this one. It gets really bad when a character is called the wrong name and the real owner of the name is in the same scene. There are also some discontinuity. For example, at one point, AuRon and Wistala are searching for clues to a mystery. Their separate paths eventually join where they're battling trolls. They withdraw and Wistala recovers from her injuries. We go away for a chapter or two. When we come back to them again, they're suddenly searching for Heiba's daughter. No explanation of how they went from went from searching for clues to a mystery to searching for a character that had not been mentioned at all before this point or again afterward. It's as if there was some passage that contained some important bit of information but was deleted, important bits and all.
There's a similar occurrence where a character seems to suddenly turn dark side. I appreciate twists as much as the next person, but there should be some sense to the twist.
So, a very good book that's plagued by some serious problems. Knight should have given it one more editing pass.
January 4, 2018
Ok, where do I begin with this one.
Short version: it's a very good first draft.
Long version: The ideas in the book are brilliant, maybe going a bit too far for my taste, but still entertaining overall. Really nice battle scenes and moments between characters, with some interesting developments.
However, this book needs some serious polish, up to the point where there were two contrasting ideas for the epilogue and they somehow *both* ended up getting included.
I'd have liked some more spotlight on the hominids overall, and I feel that including other dragon's perspectives apart from the trio, while interesting, particularly sold AuRon short-- he didn't get a lot of character time in this novel, although the Copper was great throughout.
(And yes, I did feel there was some missing exposition for AuRon in several cases, where it felt like a chapter or two had been cut to save space.)
As the previous book, Dragon Rule, spent so much time going over the Siblings approach to the homonids, I was disappointed that this book went no further into their differing viewpoints on them, particularly as the first three books went to such lengths to establish their views.
As I'm finding is the case for a lot of final books in series, the author keeps throwing too much content in and not elaborating on it.
It would be awesome to see a book by E.E. Knight set in this new Age of Foundations. I'm very curious about the new world, and it would be nice the see dragons and hominids getting along for a change.
Also, it seems Knight is working on a new Dragon project. I'm excited to see what it is.
Short version: it's a very good first draft.
Long version: The ideas in the book are brilliant, maybe going a bit too far for my taste, but still entertaining overall. Really nice battle scenes and moments between characters, with some interesting developments.
However, this book needs some serious polish, up to the point where there were two contrasting ideas for the epilogue and they somehow *both* ended up getting included.
I'd have liked some more spotlight on the hominids overall, and I feel that including other dragon's perspectives apart from the trio, while interesting, particularly sold AuRon short-- he didn't get a lot of character time in this novel, although the Copper was great throughout.
(And yes, I did feel there was some missing exposition for AuRon in several cases, where it felt like a chapter or two had been cut to save space.)
As the previous book, Dragon Rule, spent so much time going over the Siblings approach to the homonids, I was disappointed that this book went no further into their differing viewpoints on them, particularly as the first three books went to such lengths to establish their views.
As I'm finding is the case for a lot of final books in series, the author keeps throwing too much content in and not elaborating on it.
It would be awesome to see a book by E.E. Knight set in this new Age of Foundations. I'm very curious about the new world, and it would be nice the see dragons and hominids getting along for a change.
Also, it seems Knight is working on a new Dragon project. I'm excited to see what it is.
February 23, 2016
A very disappointing ending to a fantastic series.
The three dragon siblings join forces to save the world they helped to shape that is slowly decaying from corruption and abuse. And that's all. Sounds almost exciting, doesn't it? Well, don't get your hopes up...
Very little of anything happens in the book; it feels like a small bit of plot was stretched to fill a full-length novel. The little that does happen is not terribly exciting. The 'big reveal' of the big bad is not surprising, makes little sense, and comes so close to the end of the story that you are only given a chapter or two to accept the information before all is resolved in a very lackluster way. For a lot of build up to what could have been a promising and exciting climax, all problems are solved very easily and quickly.
The epilogue was slapped on last minute, I'll bet, because even that is very unsatisfying, with little more than a very brief summary of what became of the characters who survived the fight.
The book must not have spent very long with an editor because it is filled with continuity errors and typos.
I loved this book series. The first three books are some of my favorite books on my shelves and I reread them all the time. But the second half of the series slid downhill very quickly. Books four and five were at least a bit exciting and kept my attention; this last one felt like a chore to get through. I can't properly express my disappointment that such a wonderful series ended on such a dismal note.
The three dragon siblings join forces to save the world they helped to shape that is slowly decaying from corruption and abuse. And that's all. Sounds almost exciting, doesn't it? Well, don't get your hopes up...
Very little of anything happens in the book; it feels like a small bit of plot was stretched to fill a full-length novel. The little that does happen is not terribly exciting. The 'big reveal' of the big bad is not surprising, makes little sense, and comes so close to the end of the story that you are only given a chapter or two to accept the information before all is resolved in a very lackluster way. For a lot of build up to what could have been a promising and exciting climax, all problems are solved very easily and quickly.
The epilogue was slapped on last minute, I'll bet, because even that is very unsatisfying, with little more than a very brief summary of what became of the characters who survived the fight.
The book must not have spent very long with an editor because it is filled with continuity errors and typos.
I loved this book series. The first three books are some of my favorite books on my shelves and I reread them all the time. But the second half of the series slid downhill very quickly. Books four and five were at least a bit exciting and kept my attention; this last one felt like a chore to get through. I can't properly express my disappointment that such a wonderful series ended on such a dismal note.
August 14, 2013
To be honest, I was actually rather disappointed with this "grand finale" in Knights' Age of Fire series. It seemed to me that the author just kind of threw everything into the pot, "tied up" all the loose ends, and hoped for something that would finish his contract. One of the problems I noticed with this book (4th and 5th as well) was that, unlike with the first three, time didn't flow very regularly in these ones. For instance, at the end of the 5th book, Wistala mates (secretly with DarSii) to provide Aethleethia with a clutch so her and her exiled siblings may stay in the Sadda-Vale. At some point in the begging of the 6th, it mentions that two years have since passed (an appropriate length, considering the new hatchlings are exhibiting natural antics, yet have yet to gain wings or breathe fire). However, after what appears to be only months later, the Copper states that he has been 12 years in exile (believe he was speaking to Gettel). Another noticeable flaw; Knight occasionally mixes up his dragons. At the end of the 5th book on the Isle of Ice, the betrayal of NiVom and Infamnia and the subsequent battle for their lives, it clearly states that the Copper was breathing fire at the enemy...wrong! If we recall from Outcast, the copper's firebladder was corrupted when rescuing Griffaren eggs. Lastly, there are huge discrepancies and inattention to details throughout. Several times I was found to be asking "when exactly did they do this?" or, for example, in the 6th book, the Copper and AuRon are captured and brought before Infamnia and Rayg. The copper and the Red Queen (s) are talking, and suddenly AuRon is also in the room, not to mention a mysterious, dull-witten Red...when did they get there, pray tell? The epilogue was also lacking, hoping we formerly faithful readers would be content to let all of the dragons just kind of disappear, with the exception of DarSii and Wistala, who seem to be the start of the "next generation."
January 28, 2013
Now, it's been a while since I read Book Five, but I didn't think that mattered much. I remembered the gist of the story, so I expected to understand everything that was going on by the time I cracked the first page.
Not so.
I had no idea what was going on.
The three dragon siblings (AuRon, Wistala and RuGaard the Copper) start out in exile in the Sadda-Vale, and from there, everything goes wacky. The Copper, intent on rescuing his wingless mate, Nilrasha, somehow ends up in a tower of dragons, overseen by an old human woman. AuRon and Wistala travel all over the place for no apparent reason. Then they meet up with the Copper, who has gone out on a campaign for the human woman ... then gets captured? The story ends in a climatic battle, where you get the action from several points of view, including Wistala's mate DharSii, and AuRon's son and daughter. I still have no idea what prompted the war.
When I first picked up Dragon Champion, I was shocked at how "real" his dragons were. Normally, you don't get told a story where a dragon so casually pulls children from a bridge and eats them, then goes on his way, thinking nothing of it but as the natural order of things. After a while, I couldn't quite follow where the dragons were going, and the importance of the places the were going to. Knight's world is big -- perhaps a little too big.
And then there is the size of the dragons. It's never stated how big the dragons are -- are they 20ft, 30ft, 50ft, long? At one point they're big enough to carry several men, but then they're fitting into apartments in stables and human dwellings.
Not to mention all the typos. Slips happen, but as several people have pointed out, you have characters mis-identified in a lot of places.
Overall, not a great book.
Not so.
I had no idea what was going on.
The three dragon siblings (AuRon, Wistala and RuGaard the Copper) start out in exile in the Sadda-Vale, and from there, everything goes wacky. The Copper, intent on rescuing his wingless mate, Nilrasha, somehow ends up in a tower of dragons, overseen by an old human woman. AuRon and Wistala travel all over the place for no apparent reason. Then they meet up with the Copper, who has gone out on a campaign for the human woman ... then gets captured? The story ends in a climatic battle, where you get the action from several points of view, including Wistala's mate DharSii, and AuRon's son and daughter. I still have no idea what prompted the war.
When I first picked up Dragon Champion, I was shocked at how "real" his dragons were. Normally, you don't get told a story where a dragon so casually pulls children from a bridge and eats them, then goes on his way, thinking nothing of it but as the natural order of things. After a while, I couldn't quite follow where the dragons were going, and the importance of the places the were going to. Knight's world is big -- perhaps a little too big.
And then there is the size of the dragons. It's never stated how big the dragons are -- are they 20ft, 30ft, 50ft, long? At one point they're big enough to carry several men, but then they're fitting into apartments in stables and human dwellings.
Not to mention all the typos. Slips happen, but as several people have pointed out, you have characters mis-identified in a lot of places.
Overall, not a great book.
December 17, 2011
This is the final book in this epic Dragon saga. And I'm still trying to recover myself from the ending. It certainly doesnt stack up other final books of other other book series I have read but it was still pretty epic. And very sad at the end as well.
The last book does something the others don't: it delves into the perspectives of other dragons besides the three siblings. I found this quite refreshing because I have always imagined how it would be like to read the events of the story in a variety of perspectives and it actually happened. Kudos to Knight for that. The perspective keeps the tale really fresh throughout. What I found interesting is the true antagonists are'nt revealed untill the epic finale of this last book. The chapters are quite long especially in the beginning, however if you have the patience to get through that you are truly in for a great read. I found myself rooting for the Copper the whole time. It's completly unjust what NiVom did to him in the end of the previous book after everything he has gone through. I truly feel for him more than his siblings. The book isn't the best in the series but if you enjoyed the previous books definatley give this one a go. It's the awesome finale of a well done series about my favourite mythical creatures: dragons.
The last book does something the others don't: it delves into the perspectives of other dragons besides the three siblings. I found this quite refreshing because I have always imagined how it would be like to read the events of the story in a variety of perspectives and it actually happened. Kudos to Knight for that. The perspective keeps the tale really fresh throughout. What I found interesting is the true antagonists are'nt revealed untill the epic finale of this last book. The chapters are quite long especially in the beginning, however if you have the patience to get through that you are truly in for a great read. I found myself rooting for the Copper the whole time. It's completly unjust what NiVom did to him in the end of the previous book after everything he has gone through. I truly feel for him more than his siblings. The book isn't the best in the series but if you enjoyed the previous books definatley give this one a go. It's the awesome finale of a well done series about my favourite mythical creatures: dragons.
March 8, 2013
Ok, right. There are probably a jillion other reviews saying: This book was bad, it was terrible, what-are-you-doing-stay-away-from-this-book.
But this book? Fine, I really liked the first four books of this series, even if the politics were exasperating as politics of any sort often are. But this? Oh. My. Gosh. Need to add one more PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY BUYING THIS warning. He just builds up a nice series, and when you expect a nice big fiery ending- boom. Off you go plunging off a cliff into freezing waters.
Loose ends? Plenty. Satisfying ending? None of them. They feel like "I can't think of anything, so I'll just write this. Deal with it." Seriously, it's like he already wrote some of it, but then hit a wall, got stuck, and OH NOES DEADLINE so decided to jam the whole thing together and call it done. I feel like it's missing half the book and that much of the remaining is filler. While I am impatient and dislike waiting for books to come out, I do think I would have preferred to wait instead of this.. mess.
But this book? Fine, I really liked the first four books of this series, even if the politics were exasperating as politics of any sort often are. But this? Oh. My. Gosh. Need to add one more PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY BUYING THIS warning. He just builds up a nice series, and when you expect a nice big fiery ending- boom. Off you go plunging off a cliff into freezing waters.
Loose ends? Plenty. Satisfying ending? None of them. They feel like "I can't think of anything, so I'll just write this. Deal with it." Seriously, it's like he already wrote some of it, but then hit a wall, got stuck, and OH NOES DEADLINE so decided to jam the whole thing together and call it done. I feel like it's missing half the book and that much of the remaining is filler. While I am impatient and dislike waiting for books to come out, I do think I would have preferred to wait instead of this.. mess.
September 5, 2012
Go on Amazon for more reviews, I have decided after putting a decent amount of thought into this review, that it isn't really even worth my time to review. Others have used the expressions, "...the writer lost his enthusiasm for the series..." and other similar sentiments, and I have to agree. The last 1/3 of this book was a struggle just to finish due to horrible grammar, characters appearing randomly in dialogue where they weren't a second before, etc.
The analogy I keep coming back to with this 'book' is that I felt like a stone being skipped across a pond. You touch the story here and there, but you're more in a rush to try and reach the other side. Disappointed is an understatement; a horrible end to an otherwise good series.
The analogy I keep coming back to with this 'book' is that I felt like a stone being skipped across a pond. You touch the story here and there, but you're more in a rush to try and reach the other side. Disappointed is an understatement; a horrible end to an otherwise good series.
June 30, 2012
Wow, was that a great adventure or what?
While many loose ends were tied in this epic saga, some remain open to interpretation.
For example; was the Lavadome really an alien spaceship designed for time travel? Was Rayg somehow Ankelmere? Are The Copper and his mate still alive? Are trolls aliens?
These aren't bad open-ended questions, rather ones the reader has to figure out for themselves (something I rather like if done tactfully).
One star was knocked off simply because after reading from a dragon's perspective, I felt rather disgusted at being human. If that was the author's intention then he succeeded.
While many loose ends were tied in this epic saga, some remain open to interpretation.
For example; was the Lavadome really an alien spaceship designed for time travel? Was Rayg somehow Ankelmere? Are The Copper and his mate still alive? Are trolls aliens?
These aren't bad open-ended questions, rather ones the reader has to figure out for themselves (something I rather like if done tactfully).
One star was knocked off simply because after reading from a dragon's perspective, I felt rather disgusted at being human. If that was the author's intention then he succeeded.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 3, 2023
This one lost a star for the ending - it felt a bit rushed, and I’d rather hoped to get a glimpse of exactly what each sibling was up to rather than just Wistala.
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October 7, 2014
While I've thoroughly enjoyed this series, telling the stories of three dragon siblings as they emerge from the egg and make themselves a place in the world, this final volume feels a bit sloppy. The series as a whole could benefit from a more thorough proofreader, with multiple typos, and the finale at the end of the book is such a hot mess you might think it's dragon vomit. For the first time we get perspectives besides AuRon, Wistala and RuGaard, largely because Knight can't really be bothered to figure out a way to show us major players who are away from the action getting killed.
Still, despite a sloppy execution, the Age of Fire is endlessly fascinating and has been an amazing ride.
Still, despite a sloppy execution, the Age of Fire is endlessly fascinating and has been an amazing ride.
December 12, 2014
The series started out good but I found the last couple books kind of lost steam not to mention I didn't care for how things worked out. Dunno but somehow I just had trouble having any sympathy for many of them.
I like the three main characters but can't help feel conflicted about how it goes for them, on the one hand I want them to survive and flourish but on the other hand I found dragonkind kind of lacking but then so were most of the other races.
Take Rayg for example you can't blame him for doing what he did and can't help but feel the dragons reaped what they sowed. Another thing what about the red queen? We learn very very little about her at all so there's some loose ends presumably for more books?
All in all I am glad this is done and the series too.
I like the three main characters but can't help feel conflicted about how it goes for them, on the one hand I want them to survive and flourish but on the other hand I found dragonkind kind of lacking but then so were most of the other races.
Take Rayg for example you can't blame him for doing what he did and can't help but feel the dragons reaped what they sowed. Another thing what about the red queen? We learn very very little about her at all so there's some loose ends presumably for more books?
All in all I am glad this is done and the series too.
August 9, 2018
Excuse the language but “what a load of crap!”
I cannot believe that someone can write 6 books and then bring it all to a (awful) close in about 6 pages.
The books got worse and worse but I was determined to finish the whole story - I shouldn’t have bothered, and that’s obviously the way the writer felt at the end too.... he must have thought to himself “damn! This is so bad, I can’t be bothered anymore, I’ll just tag an ending on now, I’ve had enough,”
I really cannot put in to words how bad and amateurish this end was, the story is trudging tediously along, and then I turn the page and it’s over, in a really poorly presented manner....
If you haven’t started reading these yet, don’t bother - seriously! Don’t bother
I cannot believe that someone can write 6 books and then bring it all to a (awful) close in about 6 pages.
The books got worse and worse but I was determined to finish the whole story - I shouldn’t have bothered, and that’s obviously the way the writer felt at the end too.... he must have thought to himself “damn! This is so bad, I can’t be bothered anymore, I’ll just tag an ending on now, I’ve had enough,”
I really cannot put in to words how bad and amateurish this end was, the story is trudging tediously along, and then I turn the page and it’s over, in a really poorly presented manner....
If you haven’t started reading these yet, don’t bother - seriously! Don’t bother
May 1, 2013
When I first started reading this series I thought to myself, "Is this going to be one of my favorite series? This is really good! And dragon protagonist? How great!". Let's just say it was downhill from there. I don't think Knight knew where to go with this series. I think he had some potential reveals that he didn't know how to write. I think the plot was more or less forgotten. The ending was, for lack of a better word, terrible. Many characters(NiVom and Ryg in particular) had a bit of an odd character shift for the sake of the plot. This series started out a 4 or 4.5 out of 5, and slowly trickled down to a 1 out of 5. If you can help it, read the first 3...AND STOP.
May 22, 2013
So I do see the opinion of many people who gave this book a lower rating. However, I personally really enjoyed this conclusion to the dragon series. It is true that there are quite a few typos (seriously, who edited this?!?), but they're easy to ignore.
Although the first three books were my favorite, the events in this book wrap everything up pretty nicely. I enjoyed the alternating narrative views between the siblings and I wish we could've seen more from AuRon's hatchlings.
Overall, I really enjoyed this series (especially the first 3 books) and I would recommend it to anyone. I feel like it is really under-appreciated and deserves a higher rating.
Although the first three books were my favorite, the events in this book wrap everything up pretty nicely. I enjoyed the alternating narrative views between the siblings and I wish we could've seen more from AuRon's hatchlings.
Overall, I really enjoyed this series (especially the first 3 books) and I would recommend it to anyone. I feel like it is really under-appreciated and deserves a higher rating.
November 23, 2017
Book six details our heroes exile in Saddavale. Since the overthrow of RuGaard the dragons have regressed to their previous political infighting and treachery. The empire gathers its forces to eliminate the dragons and our heroes must come together once again to save their species. New treaties and boundaries are developed and new alliances created once the war is over. The remaining dragons have another chance to survive and rebuild. Wonderful saga.
October 31, 2017
Sadly, this was the worst book in the series. I've loved every page up until this book. I feel it was rushed, and there were so many errors...like DharSii and Nivom's names being mixed up A LOT! The ending left us going "huh?" No closure, and was just WAY too convenient of ridiculous events, that JUST happen to have happened at that exact moment. I loved the series, but really hated this book. I was left feeling cheated, with an ending that just wasn't satisfying at all.
February 26, 2012
One of the better books in this series. I liked it, but it did feel like he tried to rush the ending into the last quarter or so of the book. It just seemed like he spent too much time building up the ending, then bam, there it was and done. Still a decent series if you like to read fantasy. I've read much better, but I've also read worse.
August 16, 2012
To be honest, I was rather upset about this conclusion of this series. I felt that it was rushed to be finished. The wording was shaky and the characters were not always the right ones that were supposed to be there. The storyline was jumpy and did not follow itself very well, and the end....i do not even know what happened. I had to reread the last couple chapters.
December 10, 2012
Single word: Disappointing. It really feels like this book was rushed through editing. There are too many places where the story just seems to jump forward (or sideways) and it takes a couple paragraphs to figure out who is now involved and what is now happening. This does NOT live up to the first three books of this series.
June 27, 2016
While I honestly enjoyed most of the rest of this series, this book felt like it was written by a different man. Sure the characters were there and the style was mostly the same, but the depth of plot line was severely lacking from what all of the other books had. It felt like he just wanted to finish the series as quickly as possible.
February 22, 2018
The editing errors that plagued the last novel only became worse in this one. Not only were character names interchanged in such a way that I was never certain which characters were where, but there also seem to be sections missing. There was enough material in this book that if expanded could have made this one into two books. Overall, I was very disappointed in the way things turned out.
February 1, 2012
Very poorly written and editing, must have had a publishing deadline. Used wrong names, had characters leave a scene to fly elsewhere, yet be talking to group in next paragraph. I think author was as bored with series as I was.
March 14, 2013
I've waited a long time to reach the final conclusion of this saga, and although the last few volumes were much more political than the adventure-filled earlier volumes I loved, I still enjoyed the story. This series has been amazing from the start.
January 6, 2015
This book was a great conclusion to the series and tied up a lot of plotlines from earlier in very exciting ways. Sometimes it felt like it jumped around a bit, but otherwise, it was an exciting end to the series. I'm going to miss all the fun dragons.
October 2, 2015
I'm usually a huge fan of Knight's books but the mad dash to this ones end was filled with too little lore and the build up just left disappointment for the bitter ending. I enjoyed the other books but this one felt like a poor attempt at writing something similar to Irene Radford's long series
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