Booklog 19/2019 - Sebastien de Castell: Tyrant's Throne – The Greatcoats #4

[jacey]

I am bereaved. I've finished reading the fourth of Sebasien de Castell's Greatcoats books and already I'm missing the characters, Falcio, Kest and Brasti and their friends, Valiana and Ethalia, newly minted Saint of Mercy, and Aline, heir to the throne. I'm even missing Aileen's grandmother, the Tailor. This is swashbuckling at its best with the characters indulging in witty banter when all seems lost.

Don't get me wrong, this is a serious book. Dark things happen, people die, twisty plots get even twistier, but the relationships between characters is the real delight here.

This is the end game. Aline and Valiana have been holding onto the kingdom by a thread. The dukes are almost ready to elevate Aileen to the throne, but there's a serious threat to the crown, followed by an even bigger one from a neighbouring country. Falcio, so sure of himself when duelling, suddenly discovers that waging war is a totally different skill.

I'm not ready to leave these characters yet, but each of them gets a satisfactory ending, even the king who has been dead since before the first book began. Highly recommended.