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Age of the King by Philip C. Quaintrell

dat4yc's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5

jasminfraley's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

raddon's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

rockmayhem's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful fast-paced

5.0

acordara's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

nathan_seaward's review against another edition

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5.0

Brilliant finish to a fast paced trilogy. So much more still left to happen so can’t wait to get into the final trilogy in this 9 book series

entroarchives's review against another edition

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4.0

Fk Alijah. Fk what the Crow made him into. Am I kind of glad Gideon lost control a bit? Yeah. Idk why but I just never got behind his character. Maybe I’m just a hater and I’m jealous he got to ride dragons and I don’t.

Once again, the way The Crow spun everyone on his finger, just to *spoiler spoiler spoiler.* Wasn't that crazy???

Phase 2 comes to an end with Alijah, Vighon, and Doran as the main characters. I don’t care what anyone else says. Phase 2 was a Tale of Three Princes. Alijah’s whole being coming out of the hyperbolic time chamber (that’s the only correct name of it) as if he’s walking in the last with his mind in the future, Vighon resisting his father’s reign at every turn just to be my fkin GOAT, and Doran Heavybelly showing he’s got the heaviest belly of the squad !

It’s clear that the Echoes Saga is based on the construct of “time” as its main driving force. I could give you all the examples but you need to read it to truly feel the epiphany I had.

Oh yeah I almost forgot, remember that Leviathan creature that the dragons beat back in the day? Enjoy the ride folks.

alishaaeileen's review against another edition

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5.0

Don't even need to put it through my rating system to know its a 5 star

julia1975's review against another edition

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3.0

This book continues from the last with our heroes heading in separate directions to achieve their goals. I found this story very family/clan centric, with those values being above all others at times. There are decisions to be made which will affect all of the kingdoms which now fall on the shoulders of our heroes.
As always the world building was brilliant along with the character development. I was really looking forward to reading more about Alijah and Malliath’s story which didn’t disappoint however briefly their tale was mentioned. I would have liked to read more about them in the book as they are a joy to read.
Sadly I felt this book seemed to drag on in some places, never quite getting to the point. I was a bit frustrated at the slowness of the story’s progress and admittedly skimmed a few chapters where I felt not much was happening. At about 70% the real action began. I suppose I felt that what came before was a lot of planning and build up for the ending.
A good read with lots of planning, decision making and action (which seems to be squashed in at the end), wonderful characters and enough fighting, revelations and magic to amuse. I’m still looking forward to the next book as the ending left me with lots of questions as to where the story will go.. ;)

mjgrifferty's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25