Hello
happy readers and Happy New Year!!! I
can’t believe 2017 is over. December came and went so fast I am still
trying to figure out everything I forgot to get to. One thing I did do was finish a new release
and series ender on my way to the signing event for said book so I call that a
huge win. I made a day trip down to the
Tampa area to meet Elise Kova for her latest book, The Rebels of Gold (Loom Saga
#3), the third and final book in the series. I previously reviewed the first two books if
you need a refresher: The Alchemists ofLoom and The Dragons of Nova.
Rating: 5 Stars
A
new rebellion is rising on Loom. They no
longer will stand for the dragons oppression and seek their freedom from
tyranny. While on Nova, many dragons are
also fighting their own battle against the current political situation. With both fighting the same enemy, teaming up
is the best solution to get everyone what they want. New leaders rise as the final battle is on.
I
have loved this series since the first audiobook. I fell into this unique world filled to the
brim with magic, interesting characters, and action. Yveun Dono is straight up vicious and a
tyrant who wants to rule and be loved.
He wants the little fenthri under his boot where he feels they belong,
feeling he saved them from themselves.
He is not only ruthless to the fenthri but to the dragons that are out
of favor as well. He is not a good
leader by any means and as we learned sometimes it’s the woman behind the man
that is calling the shots and not just his rider leader Leona. Arianna was last seen falling hard from Nova
and her run in with him, worse yet an old customer of hers finds her and knows
instantly what and who she is and he is always one to spot a deal to be
made. Meanwhile Cvareh is still on Nova
unaware that his sister, and leader of their house was murdered. And Florence may be young but she is fighting
with everything in her to rebuild a better Loom. I love how Florence has really come into her
own and become stronger with each book.
This
story is full of so many different aspects.
The rebellion first and foremost yes but this is a multi-stage
process. Getting everyone working
together and fighting for the same purpose is a battle in its own right and
this goes for both Fenthri and Dragon.
Then there is the matter of the perfect chimera and what that would mean
for Loom and Nova. Many things will
change in the world both good and bad.
Alliances are built and broken just as relationships between worlds and
characters. I loved how as everything
moved forward at a fast pace it also left us room to develop the characters and
really lead them into the ending. This
world is so full of information and wonder it is hard to leave. The guilds, the houses of Nova, and the magic
systems. Serious work has went into this
and it shows as everything comes across as so vivid.
I
really loved the different POVs and how they gave different perspectives and
attitudes to things. Ari is more
methodical and rational where as Cvareh may lead with his heart a bit more than
her. Flor sees everything with different eyes and has a different take on
things with great hope. I also really
loved how in each book you got to see a piece from House Rok and each time it
moves a bit and you think you know who the real evil is there but each time you
learn there is always more to be learned.
That was really interesting to me how that continued to play out. I was so excited as everything started to
come to a head and I had so many different thoughts about how it might play out
and hoping for a happy ending, or at least as happy an ending as one can get
with all out war. In the end the story
really did leave me with this feeling of contentment. Yes I want more, I’m greedy like that. But I also totally get the ending and it
seems like the fit that was meant for the story from the start. It isn’t perfect but it’s perfect for the
characters we have and the story that has been told. I loved it and highly recommend this series!
Until
next time…
