While I understand why the novel was set out in the way it was, I do feel it would have benefited from an extra chapter or two at the end. With so much of the fourth book taking place within the Realms, little time is left at the end to reconnect with the characters we’ve met and grown to love over the series such as Cloud, Oona and Alanna. All four books follow a strict ten chapter format (not including prologues and epilogues). However the setting does have an unexpected side effect.

It was a lot of fun to see the world Pierce created expanded yet further. Pierce clearly put a lot of thought into the creation of the Realms and there are many areas and characters that make up this new setting. The Realms are populated by the higher and lower gods as well as Immortals like the dragons and stormwings. As the title suggests, the majority of the novel takes place in the Realms of the Gods. It was very satisfying to see all of that training coming together as Daine uses all of her skills, such as her shape-shifting and her link with animals, in ways that benefited the story and progressed the plot.įollowing in the style of the previous novels, the fourth book focuses on a new location which we, the reader, get to explore for the first time with our protagonists. In this final instalment Daine must utilise everything she has learned up to this point in order to survive and save her friends. In the previous three novels we see Daine learning and developing her magic. In my opinion Realms of the Gods is disappointingly the weakest book in the Quartet.īut let’s focus on the good points first. It certainly feels like the conclusion to a series but I don’t know if I would go so far as to call it epic. Realms of the Gods is a good conclusion which wraps everything up and provides answers to unresolved plot threads – for example, questions about Daine’s heritage. So, the big question – does Realms of the Gods deliver an epic conclusion to The Immortals Quartet? The trio must travel across the Realms and make their plea to the higher Gods to save Tortall before it’s too late. While running for their lives wild magic blessed Daine, her friend and teacher the human mage Numair, and her young dragon ward Skysong are all pulled into the Realms of the Gods. Now humans, animals and Immortals must all choose which side to fight for.

Tamora Pierce’s The Immortals Quartet ends with the novel Realms of the Gods.

The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce