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    Hero at the Fall
    Hero at the Fall
    Hero at the Fall
    Audiobook13 hours

    Hero at the Fall

    Written by Alwyn Hamilton

    Narrated by Soneela Nankani

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    About this audiobook

    The breathless finale to the New York Times bestselling Rebel of the Sands series will have you on the edge of your seat until the dust from the final battle clears! When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and her untameable Demdji powers, Amani must rally her skeleton crew of rebels for a rescue mission through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according to maps, doesn't exist. As she watches those she loves most lay their lives on the line against ghouls and enemy soldiers, Amani questions whether she can be the leader they need or if she is leading them all to their deaths.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781501967597
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    • 3/5
      (This is basically a review of the whole series, FYI)

      I think I was only disappointed in this because I wanted it to be my next super-love, fangirl series and it... wasn't. The excerpt I read I adored, but the rest of the series didn't quite live up to that promising start.

      I liked Amani, I liked that she wasn't white, I liked that she wasn't a ~chosen one~ or even in love with a ~chosen one~. I liked that she was a desert person saving her desert people - there was no "outsider comes in to save the day", white saviour kind of trope.

      There's some amazing scenes throughout the series, but the linking isn't great and it feels like the stitching shows through at times. This is Hamilton's first series, so that might get better if she writes more, but I wasn't convinced about her geography or military tactics. (Also, A for putting a map at the front of this book, F for not including major cities on it.)

      Some things just don't stand up to closer thought - Amani's uncle is apparently a horse trader, but no one in Dustwalk can afford a horse and it's clearly stated that not many travellers pass through so... who is he selling horses to? The Gallan military? How is he feeding these horses, in the middle of the desert? Why do we never see anyone in the rest of the series actually riding a horse???

      How did Imin manage to shapeshift into Ahmed when they were all chained in iron and unable to access their Demdji powers? How did the Sultan not notice his golden eyes, given the Sultan knew they were Demdji? Did he not revert back to his own face when he died?

      Good, but not great.

    • 4/5
      3.5 starsThe Rebel Prince will rise again. He will bring a new dawn. A new desert.Obviously, you have to read the first two in the series to understand this one. After most of Amani's group of friend's was taken prisoner, the majority of this was about journeying and working to set them free. The focus on the magic of the world seemed to takeover a lot in the middle until the later second half came back around to fighting, defeating, and ending the war. This tone had a ragged, tired at times, but still striving through the fight, which fit as the last book wrapping up a rebellion story. This really worked on portraying how wars started by powerful, more so affect the powerless and how even when you're fighting for right, wrong can be done. I liked how this in no way glorified war. Some of the visuals the author provided through her writing, especially the ship sailing on sand scene, were incredible, very well done fantasy. The emotion was heightened at times but with Amani, I started to feel very drained.Amani and Jin didn't get near enough time together for me; a big important talk between the two was completely off screen. The ending went a little overly long and repetitive, some could easily have been edited out. However, the long out look at what our characters encounter was satisfying and a tad depressing as we see the same wars being fought over and over because of power greed. I can't say this ended on a very high note but I enjoyed the journey into this magical land the author created. But he wondered if a boy from the sea and a girl from the desert could ever survive together. He feared that she might burn him alive or that he might drown her. Until finally he stopped fighting it and set himself on fire for her.
    • 4/5
      A solid conclusion to the Rebel of the Sands trilogy. Amani takes on a new role in the rebellion and pushes herself further as she fights for the country she wants to live in. Of course, things don't go perfectly (I'm a little devastated by the end of one quick-witted character), but otherwise, this book brings the series to a satisfying conclusion.
    • 4/5
      super short review until I can update at length and not from a cell phone which will inevitably cause autocorrect errors a typos. 😆 so overall I did enjoy this series. i think the author went a little too "Game of Thrones" with the killing people off and each time it was oddly unemotional. like it felt like the narrator was saying she was sad while not quite feeling sad. also I felt like the author kept getting super repetitive with her description. I hadn't noticed it as much with the previous volumes. overall it was a fun and very action packed the trilogy.
    • 3/5
      It’s an adequate conclusion to the trilogy -- fast-paced but a lot more straightforward than the first two books. Less mystery, fewer doubts and complexities, and the twists didn’t take me by surprise. I don’t have anything to say one way or another...
    • 5/5
      This is the third and final book in the Rebel of the Sands trilogy. This was excellent conclusion to this epic fantasy YA series. I really enjoyed this book. There are a ton of characters and at times that can get a bit overwhelming; but the index in the front really helps with keeping all the characters and their histories straight. This series had amazing world-building and amazing characters. The story is fast-paced and easy to follow. I really enjoyed the middle eastern setting and all the djinni based magic. Overall this was a fantastic YA epic fantasy series. I would recommend to those who enjoy adventure fantasy.
    • 5/5
      The Rebellion has hit a low point when this story begins. Amani and just a few remaining revolutionaries are trapped in the Sultan's city surrounded by a ring of fire fueled by an invention Leyla made and powered by the death of a djinn. They need to find a way out of the city and rescue Prince Ahmed, Shazad, and other revolutionaries imprisoned by the sultan in the same prison that holds the Destroyer of Worlds.But rescuing the imprisoned revolutionaries is only one step to overthrowing the sultan and stopping the conquest of the desert by greedy neighbors who want to wipe out magic. Amani being a demdji herself must battle herself and all sorts of enemies to reach her goal. I love the way she has to make decisions that she doesn't feel at all confident to make. When she frees a djinn on her journey, he promises to help her get what she wants in return for his freedom. But Amani isn't sure what she wants and knows that the djinn is just looking for a loophole to get his revenge on humanity.I liked the writing style in this book. I liked that there were chapters that turned their adventures into heroic stories that would long be told in the desert country. I liked the way the stories rewrote the characters to make their battle cleaner and sanitized while at the same time seeing how the battles really went. I cried. I laughed. I help my breath in fear for the characters and breathed many sighs of relief when things worked out. This was an excellent ending to a wonderful fantasy trilogy.