#lostacre

Lost Acre - Andrew Caldecott

My review: (5*) The last book in a series is often the one that you're looking forward and the one that will not met you expectations. This means that I had high expectations for Last Acre and was afraid to be disappointed. I was wrong, the magic of this series worked again and I think this is the best one in this series. Mr Caldecott style of writing always works a sort of magic that keeps you hooked and turning pages even when you're feeling overwhelmed and overloaded by beauty and the high numbers of characters. You cannot put it down and you cannot read too fast because it's a kind of beauty you have to enjoy slowly. This book, as the other in the series, is complex, multilayered and well developed. There's a lot going on and all the pieces will fall into place in a fast paced and amazing end. As usual the lines between good and bad guys is a bit blurred, this is not one of those fantasy books where there's a quest and the good guys are so good and the bad ones so bad. The cast of characters is well written and there's a lot of character development. The amazing style of writing and the humour are amongst the things that made me love this series. It's a great reading experience, I'm sad to leave Rotherweird and curious about what will be next. Please not that there is no way to read this book as a standalone. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the Quercus Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

The plot: Geryon Wynter, the brilliant Elizabethan mystic, has achieved resurrection and returned to present-day Rotherweird. But after the chaos of Election Day, how can a stranger from another time wrest control? And for what fell purpose is Wynter back?His dark conspiracy reaches its climax in this unique corner of England, where the study of history is forbidden and neither friend nor foe are quite what they seem.The stakes could not be higher, for at the endgame, not only Rotherweird is under threat. The future of mankind itself hangs in the balance.