Right off the bat, I have to say that I definitely went into reading The Discord of Gods, not only with a great deal of anticipation, but with a great deal of curiosity as to how Jenn Lyons was going to end the A Chorus of Dragons series as a whole in a truly satisfying way. Thankfully, I’m thrilled to say that I thought that The Discord of Gods served as a fantastic and incredibly intriguing ending to the series.
One of the things that I liked the most about The Discord of Gods is the fact that unlike the other books in the A Chorus of Dragons series, the plot of this book is told in a more linear manner instead of jumping around in time with various characters experiencing flashbacks like they did in the previous books. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy that aspect of Lyons’ writing for the A Chorus of Dragons series; but all of the jumping around in time definitely made it hard for me to follow the plot of the books at times. It could also make it challenging for me to completely understand what was happening with each of the characters at times in the previous books in the series. That being said, it also seems kind of weird to me that Lyons waited until the last book in the A Chorus of Dragons series to tell the plot of the book in a more linear manner. However, it seemed like Lyons used a different structure to write the plot of every book in the series, and I think she did that very well for the most part with each book; because I have to say that I definitely love this series very much.
Lyons definitely did a fantastic job of wrapping up all of the characters’ storylines for the most part, in my opinion. That being said, one of the very few complaints that I have about The Discord of Gods is that I felt like Lyons left things regarding Qown and Galen’s relationship somewhat unresolved. Plus, while I loved Lyons’ writing for the Janel/Kihrin/Tereath relationship in this book, I do wish that the readers had gotten to see Janel have the baby. I also felt like Lyons did a better job of having Kalindra interact with the other characters in this book, compared to The House of Always, where I felt like Kalindra and her storyline was splintered off from most of the other characters in the book; even though I also enjoyed her storyline in The House of Always, too. That being said, I did think that the epilogue of the book was both incredibly intriguing and rather confusing at the same time. It kind of left me wondering if Lyons was trying to leave things open for potential follow-up books that are set in the A Chorus of Dragons series world.
