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Review: #282
Title: The Rebel Prince
Series: The Moorehawke Trilogy - 3rd and final book
Author: Celine Kiernan
Read Before: no
My Comments: The book that wraps up the trilogy, and surprisingly, is the one that is most easy to understand. A huge proportion of the book takes place at Alberon’s (or the “Rebel Prince”) camp, where, finally, all the mysteries and foreshadowing from the previous books are revealed. We get to see the infamous ‘bloody machine’ and what caused Alberon to be exiled in the first place. While neither was extraordinary, they were grounded to reality enough to be plausible and justified. There is a lot of politics going on (but not as much as the first book), and it can get cumbersome over time. Alberon wasn't such a likeable character early on, what with his temper, I was so certain that he was acting when he showed care to Wynter and Razi. I found the last encounter with the Wolves, where they attacked the protagonists, to be a bit unnecessary, and didn't add too much to the story (hated it when Razi lost his memory). When Alberon finally changed his mind, I found it to be disbelieving, since this had escalated so far, would it really end with something as simple as this? The answer was no… the ending was a shock; let’s just say we saw the power of that machine. I was honestly surprised at the results of this big misunderstanding, and was totally unexpected for it. The epilogue (which takes place five years later) didn't resolve much, I wished the author had resolved many things explicitly. I found it to be a bit confusing too. In many aspects, The Rebel Prince is much more direct and less political than the previous books, and excellently wraps up the whole story.
Rating: 6.5/10