Good series! I thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel kinda silly for not seeing the ending, but I'm glad I didn't - it was a good way to end the series. ( )

I liked the final book better than the middle one but it wasn't a great book. All that build up and the final defeat is in a brief epilogue. Plus I never really cared about any of the characters. A lot of them die in the book and I really didn't care much. A great book is where you cry when a character dies - this just doesn't do it. Not terrible but ultimately rather disappointing. ( )

Throughout this series I've had a problem. My problem is that when I read 'Percheron' I picture a breed of draft horse, and it's really disturbing. By Book 3 it's getting easier to put that aside, but really, would it have killed you to make up a word that wasn't already a Thing? Really??

But still. Apart from that... Clever resolution to the Goddess' problem here. Shame it had to come at the cost of betraying pretty much every single character's trust and faith. It was unjust, I hated it, and it made me sort of disgustedly angry and want to throw the book across the room. I won't be re-reading it, because there's enough things in reality that make me angry as it is.

Well-written but disappointing, frankly. ( )

The end of the series, Zar Boaz is preparing for the Galinsean war fleet, Spur Lazar is determined to stay with his adopted country, to rescue Zaradine Ana and to keep alive. The Grand Vizier Tariq is working at winning the war he has been embroiled in for centuries.

There are a lot of varied characters in this but I didn't find that there were enough voices. It's interesting but I didn't engage as much as I wish I could have. Not a bad read or a bad conclusion but not as good as it possibly could have been. ( )

In the finial book Percheron and Galinsea are likely to be at war as the Royal emissary, Zaradine Ana, was abducted by the Lyana fanatic, Afratanz. Afratanz intention is to put Ana’s son on the throne of Percheron and change the religious beliefs of the nation.

Lazar as predicted rescues his beloved Ana and ultimately saves Percheron from Galinsea. The twist of who is Lyana, considering Ana gave birth to a son, unless Lyana has taken the male form again.

I have to say that I was disappointed that Maliz was vanquished in the Epilogue. McIntosh would have served the reader better by writing a fourth book.

I loved the character of Lazar the strong yet heart broken man. However the tenderness of Afrantanz towards Ana was in some ways a more likable character. One of the most interesting characters for me was Valide Herezah a strong and intelligent woman, who goes through the largest character development through out the three books. Her story alone could make an interesting read. Her past and how she would raise Ana’s son Lac to be the Zar of Percheron. ( )