Book Review: Age of Arrogance by Timothy Wolff
Genre(s): Epic Fantasy
Book Synopsis:
A Royal wedding looms, and the realm will be altered forever.
Serenna Morgan struggles with the plan to assassinate the Emperor of Terrangus. For a Guardian to even consider such things would be madness, but Arrogance continues to grow his army of Vanguards. With the life she always wanted at her fingertips, happiness is just one victory away. Along with the risk of losing it all.
In the aftermath of their Harbinger, Dumiah Bloom remains in Vaynex, doing all she can to help Warlord Eltune maintain balance in the reeling kingdom. With too much on the line, she opposes Serenna’s plan, but humans will be humans.
Mary Walker adapts to life as both mother and empress. Her betrothed may not see it, but enemies linger all around them, waiting to strike. With their god making his play for total control of the realm, Mary must decide if protecting her family is worth ushering in an Age of Arrogance. Either way…
Serenity awaits.
Review:
To paraphrase one of my favorite characters in this series: What a glorious way to end things!
I’ve had a ton of fun following the journeys of Serenna, Zeen, Sardonyx, David, Bloom—and even Francis, despite everything. While I was initially drawn to this series because of the worldbuilding and the combat mechanics, what kept me reading was the cast of characters. Each and every one of them have their flaws, but they all have something worth liking too. And by the end, even a certainvillain was shown to have a measure of humanity I didn’t believe him capable of.
Age of Arrogance was the culmination of all the strife and struggle that began in the first two books, punctuated by a couple major twists I wasn’t expecting. The stakes were higher than ever, some former allies had become enemies, and no one walked away without at least a few scars. It was intense, fast-paced, and utterly fantastic. Of the three, I think this was my favorite book.
There’s so much more I want to say about this book, but to avoid spoilers for those who haven’t read the rest of the series, I’ll end it here. Let’s just say I loved these books.
The series begins with Platinum Tinted Darkness (if you’d like to read my review of that book and learn more about what I was referring to regarding the combat mechanics, it’s here: Platinum Tinted Darkness by Timothy Wolff.)
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