And now I must bid farewell to Ax, Sage and Fiorinda having reached the end of the Bold as Love series.It's been a weird ride. The narrative structure is disjointed and strange in a way I'm not sure I've seen before (or would necessarily want to see again), we've roved seemingly haphazardly from event to event, gig to gig, viewpoint to viewpoint. This is rather cheekily alluded to at the end of this book. I have not been able to get the slightest grasp on most of secondary characters, I still find the series opening premiss frankly ridiculous, and Jones writing style has occasionally grated.But still I sort of loved this. And not just because this is the closest I'm ever going to get (this side of fan fiction) to having Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere solve their silly love triangle with a threesome. Jones has consistently pulled off last minute raising of the stakes just when my interest is waning, and managed to sneak in a great exploration of how government should function in the face of economic collapse, environmental devastation, and technological expansion. Not too shabby for a silly story about rock stars saving England.
