Queen of Chaos (The Fourth Element)

What a tremendous conclusion (or maybe not--see below) to one of my favorite YA fantasy series of recent years! Set in an alt-Persian Empire filled with evil elemental creatures called Druj and the human and superhuman beings who fight them, this complexly plotted and lovingly detailed story will draw you in from the start. QUEEN OF CHAOS begins with one of my favorite characters from the first two books, Tijah, leading a ragtag team of daeva (essentially, genie) children through a desert wasteland that's been ravaged by the Druj forces unleashed by Queen Neblis; it then moves into the perspective of principal heroine Nazafareen, whose relationship with her own daeva, Darius, has been sundered and whose elemental power is growing at a dangerous and unpredictable rate. I loved the decision to explore Tijah's perspective; she was a character I was hoping to see more of all along. And I continue to be impressed by Ross's ability to blend history with mythology in entirely convincing ways. This concluding story is exciting, frightening, tragic at times, and, in the end, utterly captivating.

And from what the author's note at the end of the book says, it might not be the concluding story! I don't want to give away too much--read the book if you want to know all the details--but it appears that Tijah's tale, at least, will continue. And that's something to cheer about!

Alternate history. Full of strange demons and historical characters. Not bad. will follow it into the 19th century in next trilogy.

The final book in ” The Fourth Element” trilogy and when I saw there was a blog tour for this book, I immediately signed up for the tour. This is one of the best trilogies I’ve ever read!!!! Each book cover in this trilogy looks absolutely STUNNING!!

Now for the book, if you haven’t read the first two books in this trilogy then WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? GO READ IT!!! If you are up to date till the 2nd book then this is a spoiler free review for you guys.

As usual, the book starts where it was left off in the previous book with Darius, Nazafareen, Lysandros and Deliah on their way to the House-Behind-the-Veil to rescue Victor, save Balthazar, retrieve the fire which has the power to break/forge daeva cuffs and defeat queen Neblis.

We also get two new POVs in this book- Tijah and Lysandros. For me, Tijah was the star of this book. She along with her companions embark on a journey to free all the daevas who are kept as prisoners and to break their cuffs. Reading each Tijah’s chapter made me respect her even more.

Balthazar and Lysandros are my second favorite characters in this book. Balthazar has a grey personality where he is caught between the dark and the light. I could see more of his character development in this book. Whereas, Lysandros, the funny and mysterious one. He did make me smile with his witty comments. I would like to see more of him.

For our star couple, Darius and Nazafareen, they had less chapters in this book compared to the previous books but each of their chapters were precious to me and they will always be one of the best OTP!!

The word building in this book was awesome. I really loved the way Kat has described the Shadowlands with all its creatures and Behind the Veil. I could just imagine how that place would be in my mind.

There were some unexpected twists and turns that I did not see coming. One thing that I felt reading this book as new back story emerged was that this book is like a gift and when wrapping a gift, we bring each corners to tie it all together. This book is a gift which was neatly tied together by the author left for us to open and enjoy the contents. After coming to the end of the book, I was left with soo many questions but don’t worry, the author has assured us that all our questions will be answered and the daeva journey will continue!!!