Is this the last book in the series? If it is, I'm severely dissatisfied with the ending and want more. LOL. The abovementioned is my only "complaint" about the book, if you can call wanting more a complaint. Again Mr. Shevdon delivered a story to rival the last. The character development amazed me in this book. The descriptions of various environments were well defined and rich. The cover art was sport on, yet again. I might also add at this point I wish the cover art in the fantasy genre could be taken more seriously. The writing was witty and spot on. I hope there will be at least one more book to round the story out. I really wanted to like this installment of Shevdon's series, as the first two books were quite good. But, unfortunately, The Courts of the Feyre have taken a sharp turn into the rather dull and predictable. With most urban fantasy, the author injects modern everyday life with an infusion of the magical and the mystical, as Shevdon did with the early installments of this (now) four book series. The Eighth Court, however, reverses this formula, taking the mystical and magical and making it mundane. Through the first two acts and three hundred pages, we are treated to the domestic problems of the half-breed Feyre, from moving house to taking care of baby, to an adolescent crush (that leads to a disturbingly age-inappropriate affair). Only in the last act does Shevdon begin to bring the story back around to something more interesting, but it is too little and too late. For even when the adventure truly begins, the magic and characters feel mundane - the "gifted" seem amazingly ungifted as they are slaughtered by the wraithkin, and the different court's powers are too repetitive and described in too little detail to really drive a scene home. The intrigue and compulsion to read on is simply missing. The last chapter does create an interesting twist/cliff-hanger that tempts me to read the next installment. But I'm pretty sure I'll pass and move on to another author. I'm very sorry not to be leaving a glowing review, as I love the genre and I always love reading a fresh voice. But I'm afraid it's probably time to put this particular series to pasture.
What do You think about The Eighth Court (2013)?
Good pacing, good story. I am kind of sad some of my favorite characters died, but such is fiction.
—thabinun
i liked this better than the third in the series.....what is going to happen next?
—ashlikes2sing
A fast-paced series & grammatical errors aside, I'm wanting more! Please?
—Kevin
very good series... I wish there might be one more.
—tree
