A review by sakurafire
The Crystal Mountain by Thomas M. Reid

4.0

An enjoyable, but long trodden end to the trilogy. There was a lot going on with the death of Mystra at the end of the last book, and the spell plague, and… a lot of other things. I feel like there were several other books about the death of the gods and subsequent impact that could have been briefly explained in this one. Because they weren’t, events suddenly ended and afflictions weirdly continued, all of which were present in a significant portion of the book. I was personally left feeling like a bunch of threads were unresolved…

That being said, the character growth of many of the characters was what made the book shine. Tauran took a back seat to allow Aliisa and Kael room to grow, and like in the previous novels they were fighting the question about themselves vs. their heritages. Kaanyr didn’t grow much, but instead regressed, and that was a big plot point to the story.

All in all this trilogy was a fun read, especially considering i randomly picked the books out of a pile with no context as to what I was getting into. haha