Endfall (The Kingfall Histories) Paperback – March 1, 2023

Wow! I feel like I've been reading non-stop since I started this series. I haven't been doing anything but reading, that's for sure. I love big books and these books are all big. The five books in the series are each nice and thick. Stack them up and wow! However, I did them all in ebook format from KU. But I love the visual.The series is an epic journey with an amazingly varied group of "people" who all want to save Kingfall, or their part of Kingfall, or take over Kingfall. Some of them switch sides a time or two during the conflicts, and for some of them, it depends on who's controlling their strings at the time. Meet kings and queens. Do magic with mages of the highest and lowest ranks. Soar the skies on the back of a dragon. Merge your mind and skills with a godsblade in battle. March with Reyals and the Thousands through the shadowlands. Climb with Roach and Lerg to the Top of the World.The world building and magic systems are amazing. The shadow lands are really well done. The gods blades are simply the best, though. Each of them has its own set of primary and secondary powers that it gives its wielder. There are three dark blades and three bright blades as well as one pureblade that is half and half. The dark blades work with shadows and tend towards negativity and bad things, while the bright blades work with light and tend towards positivity and good things. A couple of the dark blades are downright evil and really try to manipulate their wielders into doing terrible things, even against their will.This is tied to another series the author has written, and he has left openings at the end for more series to be written from some of this. I don't think you can read just one of the books and set this aside. I think this is the type of series you immerse yourself in and maybe read again every couple of years. It's a really good one. So many really good characters who grow and change and march into danger in here. You end up caring about Roach! And sad when he dies. So many deep conversations to take away with you. And so much action, too! There's even some romance. I think there's a little of everything. Recommended.

I enjoyed Endfall a lot, perhaps even more than the previous books. All the various characters' paths converge, and the final battle is spectacular! I loved the stories after the finale, too, and the connection with Fatemarked and Forsworn. Looking forward to more amazing stories set in this world!

Although I felt the narrative was dialogue-heavy, and the big battle should have included the Grizari (at least one of the characters could have taken the time to free them all from Beggars Canyon if only to swell the numbers of Kingfall's army), I did enjoy the overall story, epilogues and tying up of loose ends. I loved the characters, the world building, the sentient swords, and, of course, the DRAGONS.

Loved everyone of these books . Amazing characters and world building. Loved all the separate epilogues.Highly recommend for fantasy readers.Excellent narration too.

This is the first series I’ve finished completely from start to finish in some time! I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend this to readers who love the fantasy, magical worlds of adventurous quests!

I don't often read in this genre, but it caught me by surprise when I gave it a try. It's also easily has the most POVs of any series I've ever read. I truly enjoyed Estes writing style, the characters he created, their friendship, and their struggles. Sure I had favorites, but I'm a romance reader, so give me a sexy couple and you have me. I can't say I've ever had such a long prologue, the size of a novels itself, but given the numerous character POVs and it made perfect sense, and was necessary. If definitely read more from Estes.

Great ending to the series, the pages flew by. Ties everything up nicely and leaves some excitement for the future. Wasn't as good as the first coyote of the serious, imo, but still good. 4 stars only manly because of that and he has better serious out there, specifically the fate marked serious. If you haven't read those, do yourself a favor and dive in.

I highly, highly recommend the Fatemarked and the Kingfall series. The character development, world building, along with the integrations of magic, fantastical beasts and creatures ;) - makes these series action packed and fast moving adventures. Great read!