I found myself getting bored at times with the constant battles, but that’s just me. I loved the characters, the strategy, the plots, but when all is said and done, I wasn’t 100% the audience for this, because a book that is solely about war just isn’t my thing. I went back and forth about whether this was four stars or five stars, but I confess that I heavily skimmed parts of this book. In the end, I was blown away by this series, and I will for sure be going back and reading the preceding series now. No punches are pulled, and no one is sacred. I’ve been beaten down and broken and considered wearing black for the next two weeks in honor of the lives lost.Ī Time of Courage is the third book in the series, culminating in a large, all-out war for survival. I’m pretty sure I’ve grayed equivalent to at least half that time. I’ve lived a thousand years in the two weeks it’s taken me to read this series. I spent something like 1,500 pages fretting over these characters, and let me tell you … phew, my nerves are frayed. This review may contain spoilers for the first two books. Many thanks to Orbit for a review copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

Their fragile defenses are on the brink of shattering, but they know that it is better to fight and die than to live without hope.Īnd across the Banished Lands, armies are heading south, to settle ancient grudges and decide the fate of humanity.

In the shadows of Forn Forest, Riv and the surviving Ben-Elim desperately search for a way to unite those who remain against Asroth's vast army.įar in the west, Drem is with the Order of the Bright Star, besieged by a demon horde. Now, alongside his dark bride Fritha, he plans to conquer the whole of the Banished Lands. The demon king Asroth has been freed from his iron prison.

Heroes shall rise and fall, the earth shall be stained red, and the fate of the Banished Lands will be decided once and for all in A Time of Courage, the final book in acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne's Of Blood and Bone trilogy. A Time of Courage (Blood and Bone, #3) by John GwynneĪlso by this author: A Time of Dread (Of Blood and Bone, #1), A Time of Blood (Of Blood and Bone, #2)

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