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A man is only as good as his word....
Celestine is a vast world, filled with mysteries and peopled by creatures most men consider nothing but flights of fancy.
Terrence Mack knows better.
Free of Florence at last, he wants nothing more than to make good on a promise. Yuri Kolenko journeyed across the world on a quest to be made chieftain and end the abuses of an evil shaman. Terry has sworn to see it done.
Yet pursued by furies, a dragon, even the Dust Lord himself, the template and his companions are compelled to challenge the Sphinx and enter the Labyrinth. There they must make their way to the center, challenge an ancient, fallen hero, and bargain with a woman twice-scorned, called with good reason the Power of the Lost....
Read Online Power of the Lost Celestine Chronicles Book 3 Audible Audio Edition Cebelius Tess Irondale Books
"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."
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Power of the Lost Celestine Chronicles Book 3 Audible Audio Edition Cebelius Tess Irondale Books Reviews
- 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 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. - Okay, I originally gave this one a one star lower rating than the first two books, in other words three stars, but after thinking about it I’m lowering my rating to two stars.
My reason for this is that the books has so many intentional errors in the development of the plot as well as offensive double standards that are just not believable. This discussion requires the use of spoilers so if you keep reading my review then consider yourself warned.
Some important scenes that just don’t make sense are Terry’s continuing hatred towards the red dragon proxy, Ash. One scene he’s sympathetic to her. The next he’s ready to murder her. He comes off as bipolar at best, psychopathic at worse, which by the way is what everyone accuses her of being. Making these character interactions even more frustrating is that in one scene Ash seems to be reforming her personality and developing humility and respect for the “lesser†forms of life, only to reverse completely and be very cruel and self centered and egotistical in another scene that she is “inserted†into. I say inserted because unless Ash is talking or needed for a spell, she is invisible within the group as if the author forgot to mention her. This back and forth, teeter totter between extreme interactions and feelings between Terry and Ash is frustrating and not believable for me.
Further, important lessons and potential actions by characters are conveniently over looked when the plot needs those lessons and characters to be forgotten. The best example of this is Terry’s dealing with the Sphinx. He has a dragon with incredible amounts of information, two Minotaurs that have an affinity for riddles and puzzle solving (according to the authors own narration) and a blood devil who is all about contracts standing right next to him when the Sphinx tricks him with her word play and NONE of these characters say one word to alert Terry to the danger or to apply the lessons he has learned from them in the previous two books ... why? Because the author needs Terry to mess up AGAIN!!!
We are told that Terry has no formal education. But when the author needs him to provide the most obscure Greek mythological reference then Terry is your man.
We are introduced to a Greek goddess, not the first mind you or the ugliest, but who the author describes as fat and compares to the Michelin tire mascot and has thick eyebrows. Which by the way is not how she is described in the labyrinth stories/myths. But for this reason, Terry is disgusted and states he wouldn’t have sex with her because people who fail to take care of their bodies don’t deserve love and sex. This from a character who has sex with an octopus lady, a female Minotaur he has to milk twice a day, a Fox Lady, a Tiger Lady, a dryad, one spider lady but he did offer to “bond†with another (the mother of all spiders), a Gorgon, is probably gonna end up with the red dragon lady, and has sex with a cyclops and is being set up for a nightmare creature that looks like a centaur. Yeah. He has standards alright. So freaking unbelievable!
Another big plot point that bothers me is that the world of Celestine turns out to be Tartarus - as in the hell portion of the underworld/prison that the Greek gods cast the titans into. If that’s so, why is terry sent here??? He died as a Christian but got sent to Greek hell?
Speaking of the Christian part. The Dust Lord, Thomas, who is the main villain and the first template sent into this world turns out to speak Aramaic. So that, coupled with other clues - I’m predicting he turns out to be the Thomas from the Bible, the one who doubted Jesus return and had to see and touch his wounds. That’s my prediction but I’m not sure I’m going to read the next book when it comes out. Just so many problems with this progression.
Why is the author focusing on Athena myths? Every time we meet someone new it seems she is a victim of Athena’s judgement and curses? Are we being set up to kill a goddess at some point down the road? Because there are tons of Greek myths out there.
Back to my original thoughts - this is the third book and Terry is still making the same mistakes!!! He is not growing and that’s not only boring but frustrating. In the last book he learned that the devil is in the details. That’s not all he learned but it was one key lesson due to his relationship with Prada. But in this book he what? Forgot? Reset? He makes stupid mistake after stupid mistake again with his actions and words showing that he hasn’t learned or that the writer is unwilling to let him grow. Either way it made many key moments in this book painful to read because I could see the reversal coming a mile away. Why? Because I’ve seen this before in the first two books. If you’re not going to let the characters grow then the story becomes boring. - 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 timeâ€. 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 comic
book without pictures. I can’t give any higher praise than that. - First and foremost I need to warn readers that these books have a habit of putting me into reading slumps because they are so good that anything I read after just doesn’t compare!
Now for the review, the third installment in this incredible series gives us some true character development. We finally see our hero embracing his new life and overcoming his fears and doubts that have hindered him from the beginning! Of course this book has a fair amount of naughty bits but the author has a masterful way of making it a part of the story and not just for the instant gratification!
