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Vigor Mortis: Volume 4

By: Natalie Maher, Thundamoo
Narrated by: Helen Laser
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Malrosa is a princess of the Athanatos, powerful immortal insect people who have been systematically assaulting Vita's island for years.

When Vita ends up fusing her soul with her, the resulting gestalt must struggle to reconcile her conflicting viewpoints and beliefs. Now in love with two homes and full of perspective her old self lacked, Vita must bring peace between warring islands... and if there's one thing Vita has always been bad with, it's peace.

This is the fourth and final book of Vigor Mortis.

©2023 Natalie Maher (P)2024 Podium Audio Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Fantasy

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I loved the 1st books. And didn't expect this one to be even better, but it is!

Lovely

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It's unfortunate that the narrators changed. With 4 changing POVs and being used to their old voices it became hard to differentiate.

Anyway, this book was so good with its character development, dialogue and self evaluation of themselves it pains me that it also goes completely over the shark within the last few chapters.

Damn apart for the last few chapters I'd recommend this just for the dialogue and character development...the rest is eeh.

95% Charater Development 5% Over reaching and convoluted

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God did I love this series man. I understand this is the final which is sad if it is but its amazing

I love the descriptions of the bug people so much

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These books have always had the themes of "What makes a person evil beyond redemption", and "Can a naturally evil being find and maintain goodness". With Natalie doing a fantastic job of juggling this theme, creating a narrative to support/question it, explaining/exploring a new world and magic system. That Natalie is gone, or someone who looked over their shoulder to current their focus is. The internal analysis in the first book showed Vita mumbling to herself and Penelope freezing time to scheme. While later characters like Lark need the heavy relience of internal processes to function effectively. It never overstayed it's welcome or felt like paddy.

The Repetitive thoughts are the problem. The author doesn't leave time for questions to sit. The character will come up with an answer within that same conversation, driving home the feeling of "Why do this during a fight scene?". Or the question will go unanswered until the very next character that the story jumps to. Who brings up the same or a very similar question and answers it. The experience is nonsensical, and leaves you tempted to skip forward.

SPOILERS for Horizon Zero Dawn: The game opens with the main character asking about her mother, the middle of the game explains who her mother was, the end of the game shows the main character finding her mother. Natalie's approach to an overarching theme is the polar opposite. No breathing room between her core themes.

Look, every character that you've come love is here. There are a lot of great reunions and team ups. How the world was created is in here. This is a story that was thought through and has great things to say. If they ever released an abridged version that focuses on the events, not what the characters think of said events, I'd recommend it.

Lastly because it must be said, where art thou Jessica? Penelope and Lark are the only two who suffer greatly from this. This voice actress is not bad just not...

Repetitive Moralising

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The book was fantastic in so many bits and stretches. It has been the capstone of a series that was, to me, as novel and interesting as can be. A whole new concept for a universe that spans a similar-yet-different reality, with plenty of intrigue and wonderful themes, conflict and lots of moments where one questions morality and choices.
It however has some parts where this book in particular goes away from the shine and becomes a bit dull. Not because of the skill with which the chapters were written, but because of the emphasys that feels like the author had a checklist of interactions to do and story strands to finish up.
The beginning of this book was brilliant, it kept interesting up 'till the midway point, but then it delved down a bit too much (in my oppinion) in the inter-character drama and with too many moments of closure or catharsis for the conflicts and drama that were set up in previous books. Thankfully the book picks up after those few chapters and brings the story together into an amazing and heartwarming conclusion.

A brilliant story with a few tiny flaws

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