Book Review – The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
The House of Always by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons #4)
Fantasy | Adult | 523 pages
Published on 11 May 2021 by Tor Books
Synopsis
What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?
In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed.
The Eight Immortals have catastrophically failed to stop Kihrin’s enemies, who are moving forward with their plans to free Vol Karoth, the King of Demons. Kihrin has his own ideas about how to fight back, but even if he’s willing to sacrifice everything for victory, the cost may prove too high for his allies.
Now they face a choice: can they save the world while saving Kihrin, too? Or will they be forced to watch as he becomes the very evil they have all sworn to destroy.
My rating:
Review
I received this book from the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
I love this series so much. And I normally listen to them, because they’re chonkers but also because the audio production is great. There are so many characters yet they all come to life so well!
It’s hard to review this without spoilers – especially as this is a book with lots of back story and gap filling around the events of previous books. By putting all the characters in the same place we get so much depth of information, it’s fantastic! Plus I love any time I get to see them all interact around each other.
My only criticism is for a chonky book, it is one where you don’t end up miles away from where you started. It’s the book equivalent of a tv backstory episode. There is one MAJOR concession to this though, and it’s a good one. And honestly everyone loves a backstory episode for minor characters. So it’s hardly a criticism at all.
Honestly if you like your fantasy with:
– complex and multithreaded storylines
– lots of characters
– dragons
– gods and goddesses
– morally grey characters
– seriously they have hearts of gold but they kill a lot of people
– fun magic stones with awesome powers
Then I can’t recommend the A Chorus of Dragons series enough.
4.5 stars
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