Review: 'Book Three'...disappointing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2011
"The Awakened: Book Three" is a final book in fantasy adventure trilogy, "The Awakened", by author Jason Tesar. This is a Kindle only e-edition that is a 914 Kb download and priced at $2.99.This book held the potential to put a nice finishing touch on a very intriguing series. Unfortunately, this book turned out to be weakest of the three, with a writing style full of scripted events and convenient solutions.SPOILER comments to follow...Towards the end, Kael's abilities became so powerful that he defeated almost all opponents with ridiculous ease. It quickly became apparent that the 'bad guys' had absolutely no chance of prevailing. Battle after battle...just another easy victory for Kael and company. In addition Kael's group just happened to make every right decision needed to confront every enemy attack. e.g. the defense of Leoran.While the book did have some good moments, it all became very predictable. It seemed the author was  intent on giving this book/series a rousing 'good guy' heroic finish that would naturally lead into a sequel. However in doing so, he reduced this potentially good adult fantasy into a tale more fitting for a Young Adult audience.Conclusion:I suspect there will be readers that will really like this third and final book, and while I can understand this sentiment, I'm not one of them. I had some concerns regarding the writing quality in a few areas of the first two books, but had hope that this final installment would show continued improvement and make for a great finale...but no.Would I read another series of "The Awakened"?...No.Rating...2 StarsRay Nicholson