Dispel Illusion

When I read the first book, I gave it six stars. For me, the whole series is six stars. I really liked this set of books and I will be reading them again.

I wanted to write something witty and insightful about the Impossible Times series, but I am not going to bother. What I am going to say is that these three books have worked themselves into my favourite books of all time list.

The final novel in Mark Lawrence's Impossible Times trilogy wraps up the story Nick and his invention of time travel. There were a fair number of story lines to tie up (like how Demus came to travel back in time in the first place) and the book does an admirable job of linking these things back. Mark's writing is as always very engaging and the cast of characters that have been built up in this Impossible Times series are likable.

This was the weakest of the three book in the trilogy - mostly because it lost the tight scope of the first two books. This is probably due to the need to wrap everything up in a relatively short novel. When the first novel gives you the answer to what happens to the main character in the end it guides things a bit more and leaves open less surprises. This, I feel, is frequently a challenge with time travel books!

This is still a highly enjoyable book, mostly because of Mark's writing which flow effortlessly from the page and encourages you to keep reading. I devoured this book in the space of one day! A satisfying ending to a highly enjoyable trilogy of books.