I’m sad to see yet another of my personal favorite series come to an end. This series has been full of action and adventure. It’s a series that my daughter and I have been able to relive again and again. And we’ll still do that, but there will be no more of Alex’s new adventures to tag along on.

This book has been worth the wait that it’s taken to get it into the hands of the reader. The author suffered a stroke while writing this one, so it’s taken years and years to get it. I loved how I was able to open it and be sucked right back into Alex’s world of adventures as if no time had passed. So fabulous!

I love the characters in this series. You see everything through Alex’s eyes, so you only know what he knows. You only see what he sees. That can be detrimental in certain books but I love the way it works with this series. I love that you can try to figure out just how to get out of situations while Alex does, or figure out just what he should do next with him. I love his sense of honor and duty. He is one of my favorite literary characters I’ve ever read.

I love the plot of this one. There is plenty of action and adventure. And even when the book is winding down in the final closing scenes, it still is filled with action and adventure. I was surprised by how it all ended. But it was a fitting end to an amazing series.

Make sure to go get this book, but make sure that you start at the beginning of the series if you haven’t already!

Every step of the story is well told. You can really believe in the friendships between Whalen, Alex, and those they meet along the way. I enjoyed the deliberate pacing with the adventure.

As I started this novel, I was looking forward to a children’s fantasy with action, adventure, and world building. When I finished, I was just disappointed. I did not know this was the fifth and final book in a series, but it was clear from the beginning that I had missed out on a lot of information. The characters were briefly described, but there were a lot of insights that were left out that confused the unaware readers. I little bit of history would have been nice, but is understandably accepted without.
This lack of knowledge aside, the story line was extremely slow with not enough action or forward drive that led to a quick, blink and you miss it, finale and a zipped up quick ending. Forman’s writing was long winded, giving little information in large paragraphs that tended to be repetitive. The settings were briefly described, leaving readers with a murky setting with a few notable landmarks. Most characters were very flat and, even though they may have had ambition, never seemed to get where they were going. One of the most frustrating plot holes/twists for this reader was the use of magic. It was constantly said (at almost every juncture) that using magic would be bad, give away their position, and forfeit their mission. This was drilled into the reader and annoyingly thought over by Alex again and Again. Even so, magic was almost immediately used right after with no consequences or reactions.
At the end, the faceoff with Jabez was extremely short, fairly simple, and completely unsatisfying after the long journey to get there. I feel that this may be a good finish for the series of adventures that came before it, but as a novel on its’ own, it is highly lacking.

It has been a long wait to go on another adventure with Alex Taylor! It was well worth the wait! The axe of Sundering did not disappoint me. What would you do if a friend asked you to help them, even if they told you it could be dangerous? Would you go? I liked that everything wasn't easy for Alex, he had his struggles, and he had to dig deeper to find his strengths. The book had an end, but also left it so that there could be more adventures to come. I love this series.

I have been with this series from the very beginning and was sad to hear the the author had a stroke. I have been anxiously awaiting the conclusion of Alex's journey and I have to say that it was well worth the wait.

I have to admit that I felt like I won the lottery when I received this from NetGalley. As with all the fans of this series, the wait was long, but we understand; the positive side was it gave me time to re-read the other books and enjoy the adventures again.

The wait was SO worth it! The story does not disappoint and is just as exciting as the other four books. This was full of action and emotions. I do hope there are more adventures to come for all of the characters. It would be fun to see more characters from the dark elves develop in other adventures.

I received the from NetGalley.com for my honest review.

I was so excited to get an advanced copy of this final chapter in the Adventurer's Wanted series. Because I have been waiting so long, I had very high expectations. (Probably not fair to the author!)
While this wasn't my favorite in the series, it was a solid conclusion. It even left the possibility of more books in this world--it just wrapped up this series by defeating the evil they have been chasing. (Really since wizards and dragons can live for a VERY long time, it would be quite easy to write more just set a few decades later)

I really enjoyed that everything doesn't come easily to Alex in this book! He had to work hard, face failure, and lose to really grow as a character! The final resolution was over a little too quick for my liking, but otherwise a good book!