An excellent Sci-Fi, War tells the story of when the sleepers awake. There was a time when this phrase meant war. However, it's true! The ancient princess has been imprisoned and the walls are finally fraying. What happens next?

The story is well executed and the characters are well-crafted. Overall, it's a book I definitely recommend.

Jewel ATerafin, the Terafin, must find her way to the Winter Queen or all is lost as the Sleepers are Waking. Jewel has taken the Oracle's test and survived the wilderness with gods and figures from myth as companions; she has returned to her home city but cannot stay. She must become Sen, a mystical and powerful state, in order to save what she values but in the process she will lose much. Fantasy in the best tradition with well evoked villains and heroes. Read the whole series from book one to eight; enthralling reading that cannot be put down.

It was hard for me to read this book, because I knew it was the final book in this arc of the series and I didn't want it to end. I have loved the time I have spent with Jewel and her den, and this book was no exception. Each character was put into play with the deliberation of a chess master, making their moves strategically. The few characters that remained off-page had reasons for being where they were, which was gratifying to see as a reader. Often when that happens, you feel that the author forgot about them, but each one was logical and that logic was shared. The end of this arc was both totally satisfying and left me wanting more. I am looking forward to the next book in the new arc!

Anyone who has read Michelle West knows that she can charitably called verbose, and this final book in the House War series is no exception. There are a lot of point of views, a lot of *feelings* and a whole lot of everyone talking or thinking a lot about Jewel, who started off way back when as a young street urchin with a special power and ends this series as something else indeed. Overall, if you were interested enough to keep reading through out the series, you'll at least get some closure. However, I will say that there seems to still be a final battle looming (to be picked up in further books in a new series??) so I'm not exactly feeling like even the majority of the story is over. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this series to anyone - it feels like a lot of words to read for not a ton of plot development.

Excellent conclusion to the House saga. Author leaves some plot lines open for another arc in the story which is much apprecited!