Review: A Great Conclusion
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2012
The Chronicles of Lumineia are one of the best series that I've read all year long. My biggest complaint is that there are only three books.I started reading the series when I saw a review on the first book that said it paid homage to the Drizzt books. After reading both, I have to say that they aren't really that comparable unless you think having the same fantasy races is comparable. Drizzt is Heroic Fantasy or Sword & Sorcery, whereas Lumineia is defenitely Epic Fantasy.I never found it in me to be disappointed in that though. It's truly a great tale, and I have to say that each book left me wanting more.The could not help but feel that there was so much more that could have been done though. I found myself interested in so many aspects of the story that I couldn't help but wonder what happened to certain characters after the story's conclusion.That goes doubly towards Taryn's parents, though it may have been addressed and I just missed that detail. That's not that uncommon, really.My only serious complaint about the story is that too many characters that I liked died. I understand that sometimes it has to happen, but that doesn't stop it from bothering me any less.Also, there were a few things that were predictable in the story, but I honestly felt like I could only safely predict things that we were given plenty of clues to, like Plague's defeat.I look forward to the next work that the author puts out. I will most certainly be on the look out for it.