The Shamer's War

This is a case where I am giving the book a rating (4 stars), but giving the series overall a different one (3 stars). Why?

This is the culmination of everything. Dina's decision on what she will be. Davin's chance to make things right and live with the consequences of the previous book. For Nico to face Dracan.

All those things sound brilliant, but nowhere near enough. There are so many things mentioned about the world, the characters, the different types of magic. There are dragons! And nothing is utilized to its full potential. We hardly get any answers, and while the story ends, it feels like just as many elements simply got forgotten. Hell, we have characters who show up, do things, then we just never hear of them ever again, even though they are important. It just kills a lot of your sense of danger when nobody actually goes the whole way with something devious they want to do.
It also introduces characters who are meant to have emotional significance. Yes, it introduces them halfway in the last book when they are already so short. Not gonna lie, I was rolling my eyes when I was expected to feel just as much for a character who showed up 5 minutes ago as the ones we learnt about for multiple books.

All in all, the whole series should have been more. It should have opened up the world more instead of just mentioning things, then going nowhere with them.