The Assassin King

4.75 I really need a minute, I'm lamenting the fact that I no longer have access to new Elizabeth Haydon books. My only problem with this was the fact that there were many perspectives throughout the whole novel, some that only appeared once or twice and had little significance, and I wished they'd focused a bit more on Ashe and The Three. I love this series. Absolutely love it.

I have a lot of negative things to say, but I don't have energy to write a long review, so I'll leave it at this.

I hate Ash. He is a whiney, pathetic freak who can't be away from his wife for any amount of time without breaking down into a useless lump, and he can't use his inner dragon as an excuse.

Rhapsody is almost as annoying.

Together they make the most codependent, ridiculous, boring married couple in literature. They do nothing but go on about how much they love each other in person and weep over the other's absence when separated.

This book was practically pointless, and it was only just barely salvaged by my love for Achmed, because he is overshadowed by incessant whining, rehashing of things I already know, and pointless show more building up for war.

Also, the audiobook was painfully bad. Kevin T Collins is one of the worst narrators I've listened to, and I'm extremely picky about audiobook narrators. I finished this book at 2.1x the speed just to get it over with, because I didn't have time to sit down and read it. But I started reading this series way back in high school, and I am determined to finish it. I just don't think I can survive another audiobook. show less

I liked this book a lot, but wished that Achmed was in it more given the title. The pattern of jumping to different characters for different chapters or sections was a little distracting in this book and made the story lose some momentum. I got stalled in the middle of the book, but the end picked up again as the story got back on track. I hope the rest of this set focuses more on Achmed as he is one of the better and less whiny characters.

This new addition to the Symphony of Ages is admittedly not my favorite, but I liked it all the same. The ending was completely unexpected and left me wanting more.

You're kidding, right? That's where you're going to end this book? Ugh
I probably would have enjoyed this book more if it hadn't taken me so long to read it and if the next book was out, but there isn't any information on the so called new trilogy.
Anyway, this wasn't the best book in this series but I enjoyed seeing all my favorite characters again.

This set the scene for the next one. It explained more of the history behind the characters and races which I found interesting. It also gave some updates on other characters.