MOONTIDE QUARTET BY HAIR. SERIES
More names, pages, or more installments don’t always mean it’s a better epic fantasy series I personally think that this series would’ve worked so much better as a trilogy than a quartet. Finally, there was a lot of superfluous side characters and content with this series. Many pivotal moments happened but they seem to come out of nowhere more valid explanations in how they work were needed because they felt quite deus ex-machina. The second problem I have with the book is that the magic and the gods felt too out of control and sudden here. In my opinion, their story felt too disconnected from all the other main characters it’s not until the last quarter their stories finally converged with the rest of the cast.
I haven’t been a fan of their journey since Scarlet Tides and by this stage, after the damages caused in the previous book, I have completely lost interest that reading through their chapters-which were a lot-became very tedious and boring. The first-and biggest issue-I had with this book is Ramon’s and Seth’s storyline.
It is unfortunate that despite enjoying many parts of this book, I did have several grievances with this concluding book. Among that majority there is a sub-group who are prepared to give their lives for the sake of that peace, and they are the true heroes of any conflict.” Despite the prevalence of war, the majority crave peace. But that naivete has never been disappointed in the long term. It is an imperfect answer, that naively assumes that some on both sides desire peace and fellowship. Understanding cannot be reached without interaction. “My defence is that conflict cannot be resolved without contact. There were also plenty of breathtaking moments in the action scenes as every faction clashed, and the second half of this 800-pages tome was filled with large-scale battles that combined gods, magics, and violence magnificently. It’s undeniable that the characters of this quartet have withstood insane mental and physical trials, and I don’t have it in me to miss knowing what happens to these characters. But they also showed me, every day, that making the sacrifices that love requires is always worthwhile.”Īlthough the previous installment did leave me feeling disconnected with many characters of the series, I must say that my investment in Ramita, Alaron, Kazim, Elena, and Cera persists once again in Ascendant’s Rite. Sometimes marriage is a dugty and a burden this is known. There are reasons of sadness and suffering, there are trials, there are temptations. And I have a father and a mother who are my models in this: they’ve shown me that love and marriage aren’t all joy. The love and romance in this book felt fitting to include rather than exist for the sake of fanservice, and everything progressed at a steady pace in this action-packed conclusion.
Either the previous book was written by someone else, or readers have complained about the gratuitous sexual content, or maybe Hair has spent all his morbid sexual imaginations on that book there’s no more of that nonsense. There were no more hundreds of pages of lusty thoughts, overlong detailed sex scenes, cock-hardening, or rape-enjoyment and craving for flowery-nipples. Seriously, the myriad of problems I had with I’mhorny War disappeared here. Ascendant’s Rite, the final book in The Moontide Quartet by David Hair, however, proved to be quite enjoyable as a concluding installment, and overall it was almost a complete return to the quality displayed in the first two books of the series. After my disastrous experience with the previous book, I pretty much had minus zero expectation towards this book. It’s safe to say that my feelings for this series are incredibly conflicted. Published: 5th November 2015 by Jo FletcherĪgainst all odds, Ascendant’s Rite was a tension-fused and satisfying conclusion for The Moontide Quartet. Series: The Moontide Quartet (Book #4 of 4)