I finallly finished this series. 5 years and more after I requested the ARC from Netgalley. It was the Navpress Edition. I read the first book nearly as long ago.

I loved the conclusion of Conor and Aine's story, but I would say this isn't a series you could dive into at any point. You have to start at the beginning or so much of what is going on will not make sense. Personally, I don't care for authors introducing new elements or details to the story in the 3rd book which weren't there before and I did get the impression that was happening here to a certain extent.

I did still enjoy the story and the characters though (Eoghan more than before), and the supernatural/allegorical elements became more intriguing and exciting as the story went on.
The only thing which I think became weaker was the worldbuilding. At first this felt a lot like some ancient Celtic country: now... it just doesn't. It felt lacklustre and some of the details were just jarring (characters saying OK all the time, having "offices", etc.) Maybe it was just that some of the momentum was lost from the first story. I don't know. I might just re-read the trilogy from the beginning to refresh my memory.

The ending was beautiful: unexpected and beautiful and that redeemed some of the issues I had with other parts of the book really. Recommended for lovers of Historical Fantasry or allegorical fantasy.

This final installment of The Song of Seare Trilogy does not disappoint. Full of action and adventure, romance and betrayal, alliances formed and broken- Laureano takes readers through the full spectrum of emotions while Conor and Aine battle to protect their land and their love from those who want to destroy them both. The Sword and The Song is packed with unpredictable happenings, and an ending that is fitting to the superb series this is.

Sorry, never got around to reading. Will try again at a later date.

My thanks to NetGalley and Tyndale House Publishers NavPress for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

Heavy sigh.

I wanted SO MUCH to love this book. I LOVED the first one. Devoured it in practically one sitting and went straight onto the second one. The second one wasn't as good as the first, but it was still decent. The characters all seemed to have undergone lobotomies, but I figured that was just the "second book slump". I was hopeful that the final book would pick it back up to first book levels.

Nope. I was wrong. One of the main MC's went all cry-baby-emo-boy and the others maintained their stupidity. The Big Bad was always two steps ahead of the good guys and the ending was completely over the top. Then the last bit of the epilogue was confusing. Do they need to quest to destroy ALL of the runic jewelry/talismans or what?

The first book was AWESOME. I suggest reading that, then crafting your own ending for the rest. Not saying the second and third books are bad, just that they didn't work for me. I will definitely read more by this author. She writes combat very well and I like how she grew the characters in the first book. I just didn't like the way they continued. However, I have heard that sometimes characters can end up doing their own thing. That could be what they did here. Not a bad thing, but maybe not completely planned.

This book is a 2 star book to me. I didn't hate it, but I'm not crazy about it. First book is five stars, second one is a 3.5 that I rounded to a four, with the expectation that the third book would bring it back up. I started reading this trilogy for Lent. Ate up the first two books. Finally finished this book a few days ago, well after Easter had come and gone. I just didn't want to pick it up. Never a good sign for me and a book.