I love allegorical fantasy. When I heard about Chuck Black's Knight of Arrethtrae series, I was excited to read the books. I loved the first four books; however this last book in the series was a disappointment for me. I enjoyed how various sins, rebellion, doubt, and escapism, were handled previously. The theme of Sir Rowan and the Camerian Knights was supposed to be dealing with pride. In my opinion, pride was not sufficiently dealt with and was lacking the depth of the previous books.
Also, I did not like how Black wrote such a literal allegory of end times.
Other than that Black's writing style is very enjoyable. Children and Teens will enjoy this final exciting tale of the Knights of Arrethtrae.
