The Gate of Gods

Best book of the trilogy, wrapped up the epic in a very tidy way, consistent with the story and characters overall and it just read as “this is exactly what should happen”. Pleased I finally gave this series a try and I think it was this book that set the tone for Martha Wells’ exceptional storytell......more

When you find an author like this, you want to read all their writing you can find. I loved all of "The Fall of Il-Rien". There is such an amazing blend of world building (multiple worlds in this case) and character development that I found I was unable to tear myself away from the story the further......more

In the first book the characters are running in panic from the evil creatures of the caves. In the third book the very same characters are debating whether the aforementioned creatures would taste nice if properly roasted. You can really feel the story has progressed. The heroine tended to overreact......more

Martha Wells is a genuinely excellent writer. Having now read five of her books in the past several months, I find it mind-boggling that it took me this many years to become aware of her. Imaginative concepts. “Living,” compelling, unique characters — both male and female protagonists written with a......more

This is definitely one of those trilogies where I started to wonder if they were leaving themselves enough time to wrap everything up. I think part of why the second book annoyed me so much is that I thought that was going to be the start of the Rien people bringing the fight to the Gardians, and in......more