The Scourge of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Category: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Clean


When a deadly plague is unleashed in the land of Muirwood, the fate of the world is placed in the hands of a young woman named Lia. Charged to be a magical protector, Lia volunteers to be sent on a desperate quest to rescue the squire Colvin, her love, and his pupil Ellowyn Demont, the alleged heir to the fallen kingdom of Pry-Ree. Still recovering from the injuries of her last adventures, Lia sets off across land and sea warning the kingdom of the oncoming plague. The journey leads her to Dochte Abbey, where her friends are supposedly held. Instead, though, a fallen enemy lies in wait for her, as well as an unbearable new truth. The revelation will force Lia to choose between the lives of her closest friends and her deepest desires…

This is the last book in the Muirwood trilogy and I liked it the least of the three. Everything I complained about in the last book was present here. Yet again too much religious reference. Too message heavy. Character's actions that don't make sense at times. If this had been the first series I had ever read by Wheeler I probably would never have tried any of his other works. Which would have been a shame because The Kingfountain series is leaps and bounds better than this one, even if this world does play a big part in the plot of book 6 in that series (which is why I read this one in the first place). Even though I didn't like this very much I don't regret reading it. It gave context to what was happening at the end of the other series.