3.5 stars

I rather enjoyed the finale to Hobb’s Rain Wild Chronicles, but I think it’s unanimously accepted that this series just does not reach the same standards as her other trilogies. But over the four books I’ve come to really enjoy reading about the clan of dragons, watching them grow and become sassy and powerful!
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Apart from the dragons and some recurring characters who shall remain nameless for fear of spoilers, I was a tiny bit disappointed in some of them. In Book 1 I LOVED Thymara and I looked forward to watching her progress, but for the whole series she’s just stuck in a love triangle. I think Hobb tried to show her as a young girl transforming into a young woman, while forgetting that’s there’s so much more to that than just deciding what guy you like better, which I felt it always came back to in endless, circular discussions that drove me crazy 🤦‍♀️
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BUT Hobb will never not write excellent villains! So many characters I just loved to hate in this one, but especially Hest and the Duke - two truly vile human beings! I was very happy with one of their fates but I felt the other could have been more developed - off-page ~events just didn’t feel good enough for this character!
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Overall though it was an action-packed finale with an ending that I was fairly happy with - onwards to the final trilogy!