Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb

Yesterday I finished Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb. It marks the end of a journey. For Fitz and the Fool, and for myself. Over two years has passed since I picked up the first book in Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderings series of books, Assassin's Apprentice. Assassin's Fate is the sixteenth, and the final book in the vast and magical universe that Robin Hobb has created for us to take part in. What a journey it has been. This is not a review of the series that comprises four trilogies and a tetralogy. Nor a review of the final Fitz and the Fool trilogy. It isn't even a review of the book that concludes the story. I simply felt compelled to share some thoughts after reaching the end of these stories. All of Robin Hobb's books are slow burners. Throughout reading them, I've stopped thinking about each individual book as a separate unit. Although the books can be read individually, each sub-series really is one distinct story. Seems to me they have been divided into separate books for…

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