The epic Wingfeather Saga comes to a conclusion in this fourth book, The Warden and the Wolf King. This is a series that our whole family has enjoyed. It sparks the imagination of children and adults alike, and it inspires hope and courage in the face of difficulty and danger.

The Warden and the Wolf King provides great opportunities to talk with your children about right and wrong, courage, loyalty, doing the right thing, unconditional love, and sacrifice. There are good lessons to be learned throughout the pages of this book, and it is completely exciting and entertaining too! This is a series you don’t want to miss!

I hesitate to be too effusive in my praise, but I found this a rich, achingly beautiful, deeply affecting story. It contains depths of love, bravery, kindness, and compassion on the order of what's found in The Tale of Two Cities or Les Miserables. (There I go being too effusive.) The story is so much better than in the preceding volumes. Peterson did a great job withholding the ever-available deus ex machina card and stunned me with the unexpected actions of his characters.

I love stories that highlight the beauty of redemption and the power of grace. This is definitely one. This may be the wrong type of analysis, but The Warden and the Wolf King operates on the level of inaugurated eschatology.

The series gets progressively darker as it goes on, possibly reflecting what Peterson's own kids were able to handle as they grew up during the years he wrote. That poses a bit of a challenge for kids who might really get into the early books and want to blaze through the whole series, but me as an adult, loved!

trigger warning
<spoiler> ableism, grief, child abuse, domestic abuse, mentall illness, trauma </spoiler>

They've been running from an enemy that wants them dead until they can run no longer and have to fight.

This is probably my favourite book from the Wingfeather Saga because it feels the most rounded. Questions get answered, yes, but also, each of the Wingfeathers plays an important part, even Leeli, who for most of the time has been the younger disabled sister they have to lug around and protect.
Hard decisions were made for a better future.

I  am glad I stayed till the end and saw them return to Anniera.
The arc was provided by the publisher.

An amazing conclusion to a wonderful series. The series starts off a little slow for me with the first book, but by the time one gets to this book, the tale has picked up both pace and depth. Such strong themes of heroism, sacrifice, love and family. I love it so much and will not stop talking about this series and its epic conclusion for a long time to come.

This book and the 4-book Saga as a whole, are in my personal top 5 books/series of all time. In fact, both my husband and I stole the book from the “read aloud” area so we could devour it faster. The 4-book journey is a beautiful, amazing, captivating, and heart-rending story of love, courage, redemption, family, and hope. I recommend them to so many friends.

I really fell in love with this series and it will be one that will remain in my memory for a long time. Following the children and their growth was really interesting and a little (a lot) heartwrenching, and seeing them in this final installment was very fullfilling. 

But I can't deny that it made me cry quite a lot, especially at the end, but this isn't rare for me really so it's fine.

These books are one of my favorite YA series ever!  I am an adult who loves YA fiction, particularly of a kind that is filled with such great character!  I highly recommend these!

I really enjoyed this 4th book of the series. I think upper elementary students would like this series, with just enough intrigue, battles, fantastic creatures and suspense to keep you reading until the end. Will Janner, Kalmar and Leeti survive their encounters with the Fangs of Dang. Who is the mysterious cloven? Can they save the Hollowsfolk and Green Hollows? Read this book and find out. 
#NETGALLEY #TheWardenandtheWolfKing

In the final book of the Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson wows his audience once again with an epic conclusion to the series. 
Throughout the series, Peterson has given us memorable characters that continue to delight us in this book.
Once again, this book moves at a great pace for a family read aloud. 
This series is one that has a real chance of bringing generations together for read alouds and lively discussions!

Five stars!
As the series drew to a close, I raced through the chapters and the cliffhangers to see how Andrew Peterson would finish his 4 book saga.  I was not disappointed.  On finishing the book, I smiled.  The final page was especially beautiful.  Perhaps in this book more than the others, I noticed how the siblings were pulling together, taking on responsibility and working as a team.  Amongst other themes, this is a book that celebrates the gift of sibling comradery and brotherly love.  But perhaps my favourite characters were those that were broken and outcast.  This is no accident.  Peterson gently restores the outcast, the outwardly ugly, the rejected and those that have chosen to walk the dark path.  Go buy these books - for yourselves, not just for your children.

The Warden and the Wolf King is the final installment of The Wingfeather Saga. It was filled with tension and a storyline that kept drawing me back in every spare moment I could find to read. I loved the sweet moments in the story between Leeli and Thorn. They were a brilliant contrast to the often heavy moments as Janner and Kalmar sought out Gnag the Nameless in the Deeps. The details shared about each moment truly brought the story to life in my mind's eye.

The final in the Wingfeather Saga author Andrew Petersen, who is an incredible story teller, wraps up the series, tying up loose ends but allowing for the reader to imagine some things. I recommend grabbing the entire set for family reading time.

Rich descriptions, well done characters, along with a riveting story line make this a must read for those who enjoy fantasy and adventure.

I received a complimentary copy of this book but was not required to leave a review.

Unfortunately I am unable to review as I have not read the previous books in this series. I will look for them to read them then come back to this story.

Rating mostly for the cover and the illustrations. 

Thank you anyway to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC.

My family and I are fans of the wingfeather saga serie, they are really good!!  As always Andrew Peterson really drags you into the story with his exiting writing style. Each book gets more and more exciting than the book before, it was hard to stop reading everyday.  Its an amazing book with a beautiful message. 
Totally love it!!!
We would love to have the whole saga in video!!!

Wow! Why is this the end? I need more of this story, I need to know what happens to everyone. Please tell me there will be a follow-on series.  Maybe a story of when Esben and Nia met or a series about Podo and Gwendolyn when they were younger, I want to hear all your stories.

This series was amazing and I have laughed and cried throughout.  This was a beautiful story about three siblings trying to save their world from Gnag the Nameless and in every war there are casualties and some of those losses really hurt.

I highly recommend this series to everyone!

Thank you NetGalley, WaterBrook & Multnomah, and Andrew Peterson for letting me share this journey with you.

his series is epic. The heart-wrenching beauty of this tale mixed with fun and laughter makes these stories not to be missed. A series for all ages, the Wingfeather Saga deserves a rating of 10 (on a scale of 1-5). Please do yourself a favor and read them.

I have purchased several sets of these books, but I was also given digital copies with the new (amazing) illustrations for free in exchange for my review.

WalterBrook & Multnomah is re-releasing this series with new illustrated editions; the first two were published in March 2020 and the final two this October 2020.  The updated covers and the dozen or so illustrations inside make this edition a fitting closure to the series.

The action and danger have steadily increased as the books developed, culminating in The Warden and the Wolf King. The Igiby children must all step into their destinies, calling forth their unique skills to lead or to serve in an effort to rescue those who are lost and redeem those who have suffered.

The locations vary regularly and the pace can feel relentless; just as there's a measure of success, another hurdle comes forth. This volume is a fitting conclusion to the series. While The Wingfeather Saga is fantasy, there are parallels to the Christian faith and the Christian tradition that will be recognized, akin to the Narnia stories.

This was my first introduction to the series, but if my older daughter doesn't speed through the titles, they may become a family read-aloud in the next year or two. 

(I received a digital ARC copy from WalterBrook & Multnomah via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.)

Book Review: The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson
Posted	on	October 12, 2020	by	Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment
For those of you not following along, I’m reading the Wingfeather Saga to mark the release of new collectable hardcover editions being released this year.

And so we come to the much anticipated final book in the series: The Warden and the Wolf King:

All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameless and the Fangs of Dang. Janner, Kalmar, and Leeli are ready and willing to fight alongside the Hollowsfolk. But when the Fangs make the first move and invade Ban Rona, the children are separated.

Janner is alone and lost in the hills; Leeli is fighting the Fangs from the rooftops of the city; and Kalmar, who carries a terrible secret, is on a course for the Deeps of Throg. Monsters and Fangs and villains lie between the children and their only hope of victory in the epic conclusion of The Wingfeather Saga.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the continued improvement book to book, I found book four a satisfying conclusion to the series. It was a happy ending of sorts but not without some serious sacrifice. Quests, epic battles, twists and turns and some resolution (but not everything tied up in a neat bow).

I feel like this book had a complexity and intensity that the others didn’t which, again, is appropriate to the conclusion of a series like this. Some readers might have been hoping for an ending with less sacrifice or darkness but I think it gave the book a heft that it might otherwise have lacked. I will leave it at that so as not to spoil anything.

As I have noted frequently, highly recommend for younger readers. Would make a great read aloud for bedtime or a series for active readers looking for character development over multiple books.  As a number of readers have noted, it is best for parents to judge the emotional sensitivity of their children, this is listed as grades 3-7.  There is an emotional punch and real evil involved but nothing I found troubling.

If my kids were younger, I would definitely get the hardcover set.

I've been a huge fan of Andrew Peterson's music for years, so I was beyond excited when he announced he would be writing children's books.  Each of these books are fantastic on their own, but together make up an amazing story full of the light slowly defeating the dark.  Andrew doesn't shy away from the darkness in these books, but shows that in the end the light always ends.  

For those that don't know he has already read through the first books on his Youtube and Facebook page and will start reading through the last two this month.  I highly recommend watching them if you have kids or if you just want to hear the author read the story to you.

I requested this book without knowing that it is a part of a series. But I am so glad I did! I got the chance to read the other books in the series and then this.

This is an epic book! I don't know if I should be reacting so strongly given that this book is written for 10-12 year olds while I am over 30.

Nevertheless, just like I enjoyed Harry Potter (still do), I enjoyed this too. Again, I am so glad.

Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC.