Enjoying the continuing story. Great narration.

Lotta was a very cool character but her death seemed rushed. I know it was supposed to be tragic and it was; but it came too quickly and was too short. Overall the book had a nice pace just like the last one, but nonetheless too much writing was spent on Hoole holding grand speeches.

Ich bin auch nach dem dritten Buch kein Fan der alten Legenden und bin ehrlich gesagt froh, dass es vorbei ist und im nächsten Teil wieder mit der Gegenwart weitergeht.

Wonderful. It is the conclusion of the legends. Hoole must now mass an army of all types of creatures to defeat this nachtmagen (evil magic) once in for all. It is very inspirational, heroic, adventurous and of course, sad. But that's the nature of war. What I really like is the strength of the characters. Particularly Hoole and his mother Queen Siv. In fact I adore Siv. I love how Hoole talks about its not magic makes us powerful and strong. No magic is REALLY good. Our strength is rooted in earthly values like goodness, equality, and nobility of deed. He has the kind of personality that if everyone were like him, the world would be a better place. And Siv, oh Siv. She is truly a noble owl like no other. She is strong. She saw her own mate get killed and knew she must right things. She is a powerful female character. Grank even expresses that he believes he has met only one owl with ga', (great spirit) Siv. She protects the ice palace for as long as she can, she gives up her only son for his safety, she attempts to battle Lord Arrin forever crippling one wing, and she resists the horrible crippling yellow light that floods from the eyes of hagsfiends twice. The last time giving up her own life to save her son's. I tip my hat to her.