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A review by kerveros
The Ascendancy Veil by Chris Wooding
4.0
I normally find this to be a very satisfying end to this series, re-reading it now (granted this must be around the 4th or 5th time reading this book) I find myself wanting another book in the series (or another series based in the future) to see if the events that Kaiku fears and discusses at the end do come about.
I stand by my review of the earlier book in that this reminds me very much of Game of Thrones, however this re-read also makes me realise that these books can be seen as not very subtle warnings as to the effects of pollution on our world - this became especially obvious during the Axekami segments of the book - simply think of Aberrants as mutations and we have our analogy.
Asara remains my favourite character - despite having a smaller presence in this book she certainly has a fulfilling story (and I do feel for her considering the way she is treated by Cailin), Mishani pulls in as a close second with Tsata and Kaiku coming in joint third. Nomoru I could do without, I didn't find her overly interesting in the second book and I find her less so now. I think her plot is an interesting one (combining her brief unnamed appearance in book one with her tracking in book two and budding relationship with Yugi to her revenge and unemotional decisions in this book) she has all the elements to be a really interesting person but unfortunately her characterisation just annoys me.
Overall I think this is a five star series, and if the author ever decides to revisit Saramyr I would be interested in reading about it.
I stand by my review of the earlier book in that this reminds me very much of Game of Thrones, however this re-read also makes me realise that these books can be seen as not very subtle warnings as to the effects of pollution on our world - this became especially obvious during the Axekami segments of the book - simply think of Aberrants as mutations and we have our analogy.
Asara remains my favourite character - despite having a smaller presence in this book she certainly has a fulfilling story (and I do feel for her considering the way she is treated by Cailin), Mishani pulls in as a close second with Tsata and Kaiku coming in joint third. Nomoru I could do without, I didn't find her overly interesting in the second book and I find her less so now. I think her plot is an interesting one (combining her brief unnamed appearance in book one with her tracking in book two and budding relationship with Yugi to her revenge and unemotional decisions in this book) she has all the elements to be a really interesting person but unfortunately her characterisation just annoys me.
Overall I think this is a five star series, and if the author ever decides to revisit Saramyr I would be interested in reading about it.