Ascendance (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
The DemonWars Saga 5

Holy crow! So much stuff happened in this book. Pony once again had a stressful ride. I don't know if she will ever get a break. I was not happy about many of the outcomes to the story, but lets be honest, Salvotore always has reasons for the things he does in his books. He is not shy about letting......more

Not a perfect book by any means, but a respectable and redeeming entry to the series. Not perfect: Salvatore's prose is still clunky and predictable. His characters seem to speak from the same word bank, are all very perceptive, and don't make many surprising choices (besides young Aydrian, perhaps).......more

The state of this book is fantastic and holds up in quality though it feel much like how I felt with the first book of the first saga that felt like a lot of obvious build-up for a trilogy. This had a lot more court/emotional tension and lacked a decent amount of combat that was typical to before (e......more

I would give this closer to 4.5 stars as it exceeded my expectations. I already kind of had an idea about the conclusion, due to having the rest of the series in my library but was not expecting that Mr. Salvatore would pull it off as interesting as it became. I’m really glad I continues this series......more