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A review by winterscape
The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
5.0
10/5 stars! I couldn’t put it down. The fifth (and final?) instalment of the Cabal series had everything I could have ever asked for. An exciting, quickly paced plot, a band of weirdos becoming ride or die friends (how did I manage to fall in love with the friendship between a necromancer and a spider devil?), brotherly bonding and self-sacrifice for family, many laugh-out-loud moments, and a tie-up of (most) loose ends from the previous books.
References to romance were on the back burner, putting friendship and brotherhood in the spotlight—a personal favourite focus of mine. The five different sections, each focusing on a different character, while still letting the ensemble banter and tease was like reading my favourite parts of dialogue from travelling companions in the Dragon Age games. Fun from start to finish. I especially liked the Sherlock Holmes-esque section.
Johannes Cabal the character became more, became better, but not at the expense of his surly, condescending, necromantic self. The song "Brother" by Morten Harket always reminded me of the Cabal brothers, and the choice Johannes makes to put his brother’s happiness before his own was the ultimate redemption.
This will be a re-read for sure.
“You have always been and always will be my little brother, and I love you. No matter what happens, always remember that.”
References to romance were on the back burner, putting friendship and brotherhood in the spotlight—a personal favourite focus of mine. The five different sections, each focusing on a different character, while still letting the ensemble banter and tease was like reading my favourite parts of dialogue from travelling companions in the Dragon Age games. Fun from start to finish. I especially liked the Sherlock Holmes-esque section.
Johannes Cabal the character became more, became better, but not at the expense of his surly, condescending, necromantic self. The song "Brother" by Morten Harket always reminded me of the Cabal brothers, and the choice Johannes makes to put his brother’s happiness before his own was the ultimate redemption.
This will be a re-read for sure.
“You have always been and always will be my little brother, and I love you. No matter what happens, always remember that.”