Bonds of Chaos

4.5

It has to be you!

Bonds of Chaos delivers a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, with a lot of reveals and high action, but the things that have always stood out with Argyle's writing is his worldbuilding and character relationships, both of which are elevated even further in the final installment. I think Threadlight has such cool, distinct environments that center around nature and I can always visualize them very well.

But the core of the series is about family (lift your Coronas to the sky!) - blood & chosen family. At this point in the series, each of the major characters' relationships to each other is well defined, and continues to grow. Most of my favorite scene are just two characters talking. One scene has a married couple with one of them upset, the other realizes they're in the wrong, apologizes and promise to do better. Shocker, effective communication!

There were a lot of great lines in this book and I liked the way Argyle examines faith, fanaticism, found family, forgiveness (I promise all the F words are coincidental

This is Threadlight book 3, and the finale in the trilogy. I was fortunate enough to not only be picked for the ARC group, but also for the special edition physical ARC. 
Firstly, this book is brilliant, and a wonderful conclusion to the trilogy. If you remember or check out my review of book two, I said the author had amped up the action, dialogue, and emotion...well he's done so again. And this is once again leaps and bounds better than the second! (Which was also a 5* read.) The author really subverted my expectations for the finale, nothing was the easy route, and every time I thought I had it figured out, I was proven wrong. The multi-perspective changing of chapters made the pace absolutely explosive at the climax. Grip the edge of your seat...fall off anyway...continue reading from the floor. 
Secondly, the amount of emotion this author drives home is insane. Did you not see this side character for a book and a half? Did you just meet this one, or this creature, in this one? Don't care, doesn't matter, prepare for tears. I'm so impressed because you can tell the author cares, these characters are his own. Therefore, the reader feels it too, and he destroys us. 
Personally, a great conclusion and 5/5*. I will probably also listen to it when the audio drops to hear Adam Gold conclude his fantastic narration. I've got my eyes on the signed hardcover trilogy now for my collection!