Power of the Lost: Celestine Chronicles, Book 3

This series keeps getting better and better, if you liked either of the prior books youll love this, and if you havent read any of it youll love this. Everything a great book needs: fast action, engaging MC who you LIKE and root for, with depth and who you can see struggle and grow. Despite strength of mind and will, and little or no angst and whining, the MC still has internal debate and growth youll enjoy following. The other characters are fleshed out with their own full personality and goals, and you care about them a lot. There is real romance blended in that would draw a tear from most. Great blending of fantasy and myth backs up an over arching plot that is important and keeps it all exciting and meaningful to the reader. Fantastic writing, with much more depth and joy than its.cover and genre.would lead you to expect--read it!

In writing, especially fantasy, it becomes almost par for The course to leave certain aspects of personality behind in favor of the setup and this is all accepted by the reader and you know the willfullr acceptance of the scenario, but here you do a really excellent job of laying out emotional aspects of the main character c but without detracting from the setting of itself. And that's a real talent

Very well written, the story- line through out this series hold you rivited to the edge of your seat, every book is a page Turner. A must read.

It takes a certain kind of mind to write a compelling morality play in the guise of a rollicking adventure sprinkled with phantasmagoric love scenes. It's a rare author who, in the middle of exploring the conflict between sociopathy and reciprocity, realizes: now’s perfect time to include a scene where the hero attempts foreplay on a thirteen-foot-tall, cyclopean amazon with erogenous zones considerably bigger than his head.Power of the Lost is my kind of abomination.This third installment of the Celestine Chronicles sees Our Hero Terry Mack in transit, and more importantly, in transition. He’s left the city of Florence (or what’s left of it) behind, gathered his friends and lovers, and set out to fulfill his obligations and find his place in this new world. Does he reach his destination, shall we say, unmolested?What fun would that be?Power of the Lost features a large cast of primary players. Each one is given their due time in the spotlight and their own character development arcs. Terry’s co-stars this time around are a lady dragon of such (prior) power that she has never had to appreciate the consequences of her actions, and a sanguine devil, a protean creature alien to even the residents of Celestine (Okay, okay. She’s a goo girl.) They are accustomed to utterly selfish lives, both ruthless and transactional. Until, of course, their paths cross with Terry Mack’s. But every character is given their time to shine and grow, sometimes quite literally.At the heart of the maze of this story hides a biting satire of the typical fantasy harem protagonist so unsubtle you might not recognize it all. Suffice to say many variations of the essential conflict of “sociopathy versus reciprocity” are presented throughout this book, and you know what side to root for when the time comes.A note of caution, or reason to celebrate, depending on how you approach it: the love scenes in Power of the Lost are both explicit and graphic. But they are graphic for a very worthy reason. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never rounded the bases with the Blob’s hot, younger sister, and so have no experience to draw upon when envisioning such a thing. The graphic descriptions provide the spark to the reader’s imagination that would otherwise be missing to pull them into the scene.There is also a very gruesome, no-holds-barred fight between two yandere (women crazy-in-love, as well as just plain crazy) - a fight to the death between two yandere who *cannot* *die*. It is deliciously nasty, but not for the squeamish.

It's just getting better and better with every book! Terry is amazing MC all his girls and companions feel real and relatable. Just amazing series and I can't wait to start the next part of the series! 10/10

This was a wonderful addition to the series, if I’m being honest, better than the second book. Good blend of action and character development. As our hero’s group gets bigger and his enemies become more numerous it becomes increasingly hard to spend the time with individual characters to fully flesh out their thoughts feelings and motivations. This is a trap almost all harem books fall into. Nobody gets enough “screen time”. The characters become two dimensional and the story suffers. It takes a really skilled writer to do more than 4 characters justice. This author has that skil!! This is a STORY! Written by an AUTHOR! not just a comicbook without pictures. I can’t give any higher praise than that.

This series is quite fun to read. The author has a good sense of humor and has developed the characters, as well as a fantasy world in a really enjoyable way. It is now 4:30 am because I could not put the book down to go to bed. I laughed quite a bit through the end of the book because of the amusing characters. It is for arts due to a limited amount of sex, and it is about a man and his harem, but the is a good magical reason for the women wanting to bond to him. He even had sex with a giant white I checked was pretty funny. Guys will get a kick out of this probably,women maybe. Feminists stay away.

This series just keeps getting better and better. It's rare to find a harem story that fleshes it's characters out so well, especially side characters. Each interaction feels meaningful and necessary for the story to move forward. I like how even though the harem gets bigger, each individual keeps there relevance and presence in the story. Another thing is how well the world is shaping up. The first book felt a little light on world building, but that stemmed from our knowledge matching Boss's current understanding of the world. Now that he has travelled to new places, faced new challenges, and met new people he has grown and learned quite a bit. With an interesting plot developing and no end in sight I am definitely exited for the next book.

It was hard to put down, great twists and turns to the story and very nice world building, good thing the next book is already out

Again enjoyed this book.

Lots of action, good plot. A bit too much emotional baggage, but it certainly makes the characters believable. Will be starting the next one after this.

Just very good..Nice easy description and good to read... Sorry its also very nice..Please continue the same in all that you write.

Another great volume. Its getting abit darker but still a great read. I'm absolutely loving it. I do ave to say that Thomas mentioning how behemoths get created had me shivering abit. God i cant wait for more :)