Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Mark Lawrence really knows how to plot trilogies expertly. So far, I've read Book of the Ancestor and Book of the Ice and loved them both. I own the Impossible Times trilogy, and once I read those, will go back for Broken Empire.

I care deeply about the characters in this trilogy, as much as the ones from Book of the Ancestor, and really need more. The blurb doesn't say "trilogy," instead saying "series," so maybe this one will have more? *sighs*

Highly recommend this one, but with the caveat that you at least need to read the first two Book of the Ice before picking this one up. I'd definitely suggest reading Book of the Ancestor first as well, and as many others have mentioned his other series, perhaps those too. There are connections a-plenty.

My thanks to NetGalley for making an eARC of this book available to me.

This, the third book in the author's latest series, was a very satisfying read. Pretty much non-stop action, many of the chapters leaving you at a cliffhanger just to switch perspectives to a different character in the next chapter. This could have been annoying, but instead it just made me want to keep on reading. The last 10% of the book has so many twists and turns that it will make your head spin, including a bit of an homage to the Wizard of Oz. I keep seeing ways in which this trilogy is definitely related to previous trilogies, and other ways in which I may be imagining those relationships.

Get this book, buckle up, and get ready for a fantastic ride.