Wrath by John Gwynne

The fourth in The Faithful and the Fallen series, Wrath by John Gwynne is the breathtaking, pulse-pounding conclusion to an epic series.Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair has taken control of the fortress at Drassil and three of the Seven Treasures are in his possession. And together with Calidus and his ally Queen Rhin, Nathair will do anything to obtain the remaining Treasures. With all seven under his command, he can open a portal to the Otherworld. Then Asroth and his demon-horde will finally break into the Banished Lands and become flesh.Meanwhile Corban has been taken prisoner by the Jotun, warrior giants who ride their enormous bears into battle. His warband scattered, Corban must make new allies if he hopes to survive. But can he bond with competing factions of warlike giants? Somehow he must, if he's to counter the threat Nathair represents.His life hangs in the balance - and with it, the fate of the Banished Lands. Truth, courage and loyalty will be tested as never before.

Truth and courage!

Great conclusion to this series but I was drained by the end. The pacing is so fast and action almost never stops to a point where it was detrimental to my enjoyment.

The ending is great, I enjoyed the last 50 or so pages but there are multiple chapters for, I think, every single POV where you think the pay off will come but it doesn't. Almost every revenge happens in the last 100 pages with exception of one certain subplot conclusion that takes place right at the beginning and was very very enjoyable. :)

You think the hero will get his revenge and then the villain escapes and escapes again until the very end when there's nowhere left to run and finally we get one pay-off after another. Which I also think dulls them all since they're all so close together. But there wasn't any real fuck up, no dumb plot twist, other then these revenge subplots. The story was actually the most predictable except for Malice.

It's a great wrap up to now one of my all time favorite series and if you don't cry at a certain moment at the end your heart's more rotten than Kadoshim's.

My rating for the whole series:
Ruin > Valor = Wrath > Malice
Valor and Wrath are basically opposites of each other, one is all setup the other all pay-off but the enjoyment was about the same. One day I'll re-read Malice to catch all the foreshadowing and see the characters grow into the heroes they become later.

And one more thing:
Why didn't Calidus turn everyone into Kadoshim like at the end of Valor? I think I remember correctly that all he needed was the caldron and two other treasures. Why not reinforce his army when most Kadoshim died or were with the kings to protect them. Meanwhile he had thousands of soldiers he could've turned into new ones and become unstoppable. Did I just answer my question? Is it really such a jarring plot hole?

4.5
This is so much better than game of thrones. No im not joking. faithful and the fallen tv show pls.
Veradis best character hands down.

So predictable it hurts. 2. Endless forced and implausable situations. 3. Too YA. The draig scene was so childish a 12 yo should have written it less cringy. 4. Bored me to death. Too dragged on. 5. No more character development, everybody behaves exactly as needed to further the plot. 6. Actually, no character feels alive any more, just pure instrument to push the story into preset pathways. 7. Everybody is still running around, running away, running all over the place and then running some more. The third book in a row, so it's way too much of that. 8. No more real plot, just endless battling, not even well described. // Overall a big disappointment and by far the weakest in the series. Perhaps it should have been a trilogy.