I just love Jeff Wheeler's books, and this was a great conclusion to his Kingfountain series. Written for young adults, they are easy to read, clean and family friendly, but filled with adventure, magic, and wonderful, fully developed characters - just a great series. Book 1 began with young Owen. This final book, # 6, follows his teen-aged daughter Trynne, as she seeks not only to find her father and save him, but to save their entire kingdom from disaster. While these books are a take on British and Arthurian legends, they are also quite inventive, with excellent world building. Many thanks to NetGalley and 47North for the arc. Highly recommend for anyone who loves a good story! 4.5 stars!

Since book #3 was my previous favourite I’ve decided I just like the way that Jeff Wheeler wraps up his trilogies. I might even like this more than #3 because Trynne is such a great character.

The key characters we’ve fallen in love with over the last five books are still there, and still growing and changing. I don’t think there’s one character who ever stagnates in this series.

The key themes I came to know and love are still there as well. The ideas of loyalty, betrayal and double-crossing are going strong. As I said yesterday, after a while you start to be able to predict where things are heading but I think that’s just because I was so enveloped in this author’s work for those few days.

I appreciated the romance in this series. It’s a neat addition to the story and a good character motivator but it never seems to distract characters from the bigger picture.

This is such an enjoyable series, I was so happy to find that the finale lived up to the previous titles. Wheeler has built a remarkable world and managed to write characters who were sustained and grew over six books which is no mean feat. These books were a wonderful binge read and left me satisfied. Tieing off the threads of a series can be the thing that kills it, but somehow Wheeler manages to pull it off!

My rating: 5/5 stars

The Forsaken Throne releases on the 14th of November…not long to wait now!

By the way, I received a digital advanced review copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I loved the Kingfountain series from the first book with young Owen. Aside from the later prequel, which I found boring, I've loved all five of the books in this series. I was very impressed with how the author continued the series in book 4. Unfortunately I found this book suffered badly in pacing issues that made it hard to read. It was boring and very different from the rest of the series. Each book has been a progression of the author's improvement as a writer and each book has been interesting and fast paced. This book suffered badly in plotting with the attempt to join it to the Muirwood Trilogy. It was fun to see Martin again but that's about the only positive thing I have to say about the merger of the books. I read the Kingfountain series first and only read the Muirwood books because the author had stated they would be connected. Really the only thing the reading of those books did was give me a better understanding of the leerings and a context to Muirwood Abbey. None of which is necessary to understand what takes place in this book.

Another big problem with this book was the lack of answers. The ending left far too much unanswered. I'm hoping that was a choice of the author so he can address those in another book. I was happy for the characters but this book was wrapped up far too conveniently in a way that didn't fit the story. Since I've loved this serious I will definitely be giving the author another chance with his next book but I hope he goes back to what worked with this series and not try to force a connection books unnecessarily.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

A solid ending to a solid series that I have enjoyed immensely. I was sad to see certain characters go and I wish I could have known certain characters better but overall I was very satisfied as per usual with Jeff's stories.

The Forsaken Throne is book 6 in the Kingfountain series by Jeff Wheeler. The books all combine magic and adventure, complex characters, and re-imaginings of British history and myth.

I've enjoyed each and every book in the series and was especially happy in this concluding installment to find one of the issues that bothered me at the end of the previous book has been resolved to my satisfaction.

The Forsaken Throne also makes connections to the Muirwood and Mirrowen series that prove interesting. I read and enjoyed the first two books in the Mirrowen series several years ago.

Jeff Wheeler's world-building and character development in this series had me devouring each new entry like Halloween candy.

Read in September; blog review scheduled for Nov. 1

NetGalley/47North

Fantasy. Nov. 14, 2017. Print length: 332 page

The conclusion to the Kingfountain series follows Trynne as she searches for her father and the way to save the kingdom from evil. This story really takes the reader to a different world, a world similar and yet different from the one we have known before.

The story wraps up everything pretty cleanly, maybe a little too much so. And I wont say anything because of spoilers, but I have an unanswered question about the family that was never addressed.

All in all, I really enjoyed the series and look forward to reading more by this author.

Copy provided by publisher through NetGalley.

Wow. That is all I can say. I didn't see any of this coming, well maybe a bit of the Morwenna drama but not the extent we saw. I must say I think this second half of the series is better then the first and I quite enjoyed the first half. I was happy to see Trynne and Fallon end up together even though the circumstances were sad because I did like noble Gahalatine. I was glad that Jeff Wheeler tied up all the loose ends, it drives me insane when questions are left unanswered. Overall the whole series is a winner and I'm sure something I will read again.

With every new installment in this series I prepare myself to be disappointed, only because I have enjoyed every previous book so far. Thankfully this was not true yet again. Jeff Wheeler has "it" when it comes to creating characters you know and worlds that are encompassing.

Gahaltine has sworn fealty to the King of Kingfountain, however, his wizars and Morwenna do not intend to give up.  Although he has married Tryneeowy, they have not married because the laws of his lands do not allow it if one of the parents of the bride are not able to give their consent.  He has returned to his lands and his met by treachery and deceit.  Rucrius, who he believed was dead informs him that he has been deceived by his wife as he had planned all along and that the Fountain is punishing for his arrogance in swearing fealty to Kingfountain and marrying her.   

Her father, Owen is still missing, her mother has traveled to the Deep Fathoms and now her husband believes that she is in league with his evil wizars.  It seems that things cannot get any worse, but when your enemy is Morwenna you have to plan for it to get much worse before they get better.   

Once again the author has wrapped up the series and done so better than I could have dreamed while at the same time he has incorporated aspects from previous series.   This is a fitting conclusion for the series and if you are like me and not ready to leave this world he is giving us another prequel in 2018 that will tell the origin of Ankarette. 

5/5 STARS:  **This is an honest, unbiased review.  I would like to thank the author and/or/publisher for providing an ARC through Netgalley, all opinions are mine.**