Scarlet and Liall continue to navigate the treacherous court of Rshani nobility and their feelings for each other.

This was almost a satisfactory ending for this fantasy trilogy, certainly one I can live with if not all together what I would have hoped for. I found all the characters, especially Jochi and Cestimir in addition to Scarlet and Liall, to be very appealing. The book moved quickly and kept me interested, I especially enjoyed seeing the hidden mythology all come together.

Certainly this was an interesting fantasy with lots of character and plot development throughout the three books. If you have a mind to enjoy character driven fantasy, don't mind the gay relationship angle and can get all three volumes at once I'd recommend it. ( )

The last, and in my opinion the best, installment of the Scarlet and the White Wolf trilogy. I just finished reading this and I was VERY impressed. This book exceeded all my expectations and really shone brighter than the other two. The plot had a lot of substance and moved along nicely. The repetition, unfortunately, was still present, but it wasn't as blatant as it was in the other two books.
Scarlet and Liall finally tackle their differences and (finally) resolve their insecurities, strengthening their relationship and learning how to trust each other. There is some really emotional, heartfelt stuff in this one. It's very sexy, I must say. ;)
And Rshan. WOW, I really want to live there! I absolutely loved how the land was painted. I grew fond of each character and felt like I knew them at the end of the book.
My only complaint was that the plot really didn't conclude as well as I'd hoped. The ending was okay, but I felt like there were plenty of loose strings that still needed to be tied and I closed the book with too many questions running through my head. ( )

An epic conclusion to an ageless saga...

After two books that patiently have prepared us to this third, we can read the final enstallment of this saga: Scarlet, the poor and simple hilurin pedlar, has became Keriss kir Nazheradei, the twice beloved, the t’aishka of Liall, prince Nazir.

Liall the White Wolf, is the eldest in life son of the realm of Rshan and his mother, the queen, wants that he helps his little brother Cestimir to become King. But the court is like all the court, vicious and lethal, and Liall keeps to many secrets with Scarlet. He fears that his little Scarlet, his honest pedlar, will leave him if he would know the true of his life.

So Liall cages Scarlett in a gold prison, but a prison is always a prison, and Scarlett is young and unquite. And then Scarlet has secrets of his own.

Liall is older and experienced, but not in matter of love. He judges himself not worthy of the love of Scarlet, so he prefers to hide in the shadows of the court and to keep Scarlet in the darkness of ignorance. The dark of the winter suites well the dark of the court.

Also Scarlet his unsecure of the love of Liall and all the unsaid words around him prevent him to find a place in the court.

Liall and Scarlet are two unperfect characters, in their lack lays their strenght. This is not a 'classical' romance, I consider it more a shakespearean drama. And I love a good shakespearean drama...

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The third installment of Scarlet and the White Wolf is not just the culmination of of the story; it's the whole meat of the story. The first book was set-up and foreshadowing. The second was journeying. In the third part, the reader finally sees fruition for all that set-up.

This book had plenty of action, angst, and intruige. It offered good conclusions to the characters' personal aspects, and cast light on some foggy world-building. It also left a bunch of new questions unanswered. Nonetheless, I enjoyed this story the most of the trilogy, since it was the most purposeful. In my opinion, the previous two installments were too dependent upon this final book to be stand-alones. ( )