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Joshua Kowalczik

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Joshua Kowalczik’s favorite books

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Reggie & Ryssa and the Summer Camp of Faery by Bo Savino

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington

The Light of All That Falls by James Islington

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Joshua Kowalczik is Currently Reading

Joshua Kowalczik is currently reading

Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken, #1)

by Ryan Cahill (Goodreads Author)

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Sep 30, 2025 07:17PM

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Reckoning (Songs of Chaos, #4)

by Michael R. Miller (Goodreads Author)

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Joshua Kowalczik said: " My favorite part of the series so far has been the character arcs and the development of magic that Miller is able to put into his books and reckoning did not disappoint. The way that Miller is able to connect you with the characters and have you tru My favorite part of the series so far has been the character arcs and the development of magic that Miller is able to put into his books and reckoning did not disappoint. The way that Miller is able to connect you with the characters and have you truly feel how they are feeling in that moment is truly incredible and is so extremely prominent in the views of Holt, Osric and Rake. Between Holt's trauma ark and Osric, and Rake's independent soul discovery arcs, you truly get to know these characters and what is going on in their minds. We also get an insane look into the power level of paragons with Nehveh and Vald. Especially with Vald, as you see him progress through his journey beyond the final boundary. There is, of course, one of my favorite parts of each book, in abaranth's new discoveries of magic, and Holt and Ash, consistently being my favorite POV, though I have to say reading this book more than any other, I found myself itching to get back to all of the point of views at some point in the book, not just Holt and Ash's.

What this book does that no other has is just how action-packed it is, and not in a good guys always win kind of way. From nearly start to finish this book has a world that is in constant turmoil. The forces of evil and darkness are rising up in a way that this world hasn't seen before, and the good guys are struggling to even just stay alive. Between the multitude of povs, we get a idea of just how crazy the world is right now, we see the storm flight from Vald's point of view, the kingdoms as a whole from Talia's, the main battle within the forests from Holt's, the remainder of the order from Nehveh's, and the armies of thrall from the speaker. It was honestly insane and I loved every second of it. The ending of the book tied everything up in a nice neat bow while still leaving it so that the fifth book in the series can honestly go in any direction and it will make perfect sense.

I am so grateful to have received an advanced review copy and highly recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy novels it is genuinely my favorite series right now. ...more "

Aug 30, 2025 10:12AM · see review