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This book (and the series as a whole) is perfectly fine. I'm having trouble putting my finger on exactly what caused me to not fall in love with it and I think that there are primarily two things. First the characters and the world-building just felt flat, and second the pacing seemed off at times. Those 2 factors really contributed to my ho-hum reaction to the series.

When I say that the characters felt flat what I mean is that I never really felt any emotional depth or honest growth from the characters or their relationships. Caldan's relationship with Miranda seems like a schoolyard crush at best, and an unwise long term decision at worst. Without spoilers the amount of time that these 2 actually spend together, getting to know one another, can probably be measured in less than 2 months. To me those same issues permeates the rest of the characters and their relationships as well with a story and arcs that felt like they were checking items off a list rather than real emotion (including no real explanation of when a human turns to a lich and what the actual differentiation would be). The world-building felt similar to me, in that we really only spend time in 2 cities and then a generic road between the two. Other than the island that Caldan grows up on there's not diversity, no mystery, and no flavor to the world as a whole. In fact those 2 cities are practically indistinguishable to me other than the fact that Anamosa has an ocean and Riversedge has... a river.

My second major complaint would be the pacing. This is directly related to my earlier complaints about the characters and the world-building but I just felt like the author expected this saga to seem more momentous than it actually was. His time at the Sorceror's Guild in book 1 is an excellent example. He's there for practically a couple of weeks and suddenly he's ahead of most journeyman, taken out on an incredibly dangerous SWAT-style mission, and beating the masters of the game at Dominon. I can like and recognize natural-born talent as much as anyone, but I also think that the truly great also have to work extremely hard for years and years to excel at whatever they're studying. In the space of weeks Caldan is a master sorcerer, fighter, strategist, and philosopher who is almost unparalleled in each of those fields despite his peers in each having significantly more experience and similar natural talents. The series simultaneously tries to do to much while also keeping the scope small and as such it just feels poorly timed with an even more abrupt ending.

So in short, I really can't recommend this series even though I read all three books and never disliked it. I just also never actually liked it based on the thin characters, the lack of diversity in the world, and the poor pacing. Imagine if the Lord of the Rings trilogy was squeezed into a single book, where the entire plot took place in the Shire, and Rosie spent all of the Two Towers asleep and unresponsive and you'll have a decent idea what how this trilogy felt to me.


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A Shattered Empire Book Three of the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence edition by Mitchell Hogan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

“A Shattered Empire” is the third and final book in Mitchell Hogan’s Sorcery Ascendant series. As Calden continues to come into his powers, he faces opposition from all sides. The Protectors and Warlocks all want him to be used by and for them. Amerdan is looking for him. The emperor himself has his eye on Calden. Even Gazija and his people need Calden if their plans are to succeed. All Calden wants to do is be left alone and spend his days with Miranda, but deep down he knows that he is meant for something more. The book ends with the eventual showdown between the emperor and his forces versus Kelhak and the Indryllans.

I had some concerns about “A Shattered Empire” after I finished reading the second book in the series “Blood of Innocents”. My fear was that the story that Hogan had set out was bigger than a trilogy. And while I thoroughly enjoyed this third book and the series as a whole, I definitely feel like there should have been at least four books. Hogan did a pretty good job of wrapping up the overall story in this one. There isn’t some terrible cliffhanger at the end or a feeling of dissatisfaction once the story is complete. There are however a lot of things that maybe weren’t given enough time to develop correctly or completely. Calden’s powers for instance, are continually (and conveniently) growing with little work on his part. He just seems to “figure stuff out” on his own where the other sorcerers in the story have had to spend years and years training. Even Gazija, who possesses power beyond anything the world has seen in centuries, seems dumbstruck by an automaton that Calden built in one short scene in the book. Other things that are missing from the story that I think could have been included to make the story better would have been some explanation of Gazija and Quiss’s people. Hogan tells us early on that they are not from this world, but then never goes back to give any more info about it. We’re never told the name of the place they came from, or anything else about their past, their roles since they came here, or what their plans for the future are. Another fairly glaring omission (for me anyway) was the lack of the Dominion game playing a bigger part in the story. After the first book in the series, I was intrigued with that aspect of Hogan’s story and was certain that it would play a prominent part in the series. And while it is mentioned or made reference to several times, it never blossomed into a larger part of the story. And that seems odd after Hogan spent so much time talking about it in book one. Also, what happened to Amerdan’s possessed doll??

Those things aside, the book is still very good. I think most of the characters were believable, and I loved the fact that Hogan never tried to give us a good versus evil climax. It was instead, Calden being forced to choose between the lesser of two evils, all while trying to survive so he could pursue the life he wanted for he and Miranda after all of the dust had settled. I also enjoyed the fact that this series didn’t feel like anything I had read before. I think it’s easy for books (in the fantasy genre in particular) to seem tired and over-done. But Hogan’s story felt fresh and immersive with deep characters and a really strong plot. I would recommend this series without hesitation and would absolutely read Hogan again. A very good trilogy.
This book (and the series as a whole) is perfectly fine. I'm having trouble putting my finger on exactly what caused me to not fall in love with it and I think that there are primarily two things. First the characters and the world-building just felt flat, and second the pacing seemed off at times. Those 2 factors really contributed to my ho-hum reaction to the series.

When I say that the characters felt flat what I mean is that I never really felt any emotional depth or honest growth from the characters or their relationships. Caldan's relationship with Miranda seems like a schoolyard crush at best, and an unwise long term decision at worst. Without spoilers the amount of time that these 2 actually spend together, getting to know one another, can probably be measured in less than 2 months. To me those same issues permeates the rest of the characters and their relationships as well with a story and arcs that felt like they were checking items off a list rather than real emotion (including no real explanation of when a human turns to a lich and what the actual differentiation would be). The world-building felt similar to me, in that we really only spend time in 2 cities and then a generic road between the two. Other than the island that Caldan grows up on there's not diversity, no mystery, and no flavor to the world as a whole. In fact those 2 cities are practically indistinguishable to me other than the fact that Anamosa has an ocean and Riversedge has... a river.

My second major complaint would be the pacing. This is directly related to my earlier complaints about the characters and the world-building but I just felt like the author expected this saga to seem more momentous than it actually was. His time at the Sorceror's Guild in book 1 is an excellent example. He's there for practically a couple of weeks and suddenly he's ahead of most journeyman, taken out on an incredibly dangerous SWAT-style mission, and beating the masters of the game at Dominon. I can like and recognize natural-born talent as much as anyone, but I also think that the truly great also have to work extremely hard for years and years to excel at whatever they're studying. In the space of weeks Caldan is a master sorcerer, fighter, strategist, and philosopher who is almost unparalleled in each of those fields despite his peers in each having significantly more experience and similar natural talents. The series simultaneously tries to do to much while also keeping the scope small and as such it just feels poorly timed with an even more abrupt ending.

So in short, I really can't recommend this series even though I read all three books and never disliked it. I just also never actually liked it based on the thin characters, the lack of diversity in the world, and the poor pacing. Imagine if the Lord of the Rings trilogy was squeezed into a single book, where the entire plot took place in the Shire, and Rosie spent all of the Two Towers asleep and unresponsive and you'll have a decent idea what how this trilogy felt to me.