Stormrage by Richard A. KnaakMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Picture this: you have been dreaming in the Emerald Dream for a long time. One day, while you were in the Emerald Dream, you become a prisoner to the Nightmare Lord and everyday you’re being tortured by false memories by the Nightmare Lord. Your partner on the outside of the Emerald Dream wants to save you desperately, and they ask the Druids of your circle to help them save you and also save your world of Azeroth. Alongside an orc with a magical ax who wants your head on a spike and a human with odd powers, these are the heroes that will save you and help you stop the Nightmare Lord from killing your family and friends. This is basically the premise of Stormrage, which is the story of Malfurion Stomrage and Tyrande Whisperwind, fighting side by side so they can stop the Nightmare Lord from taking over Azeroth for good.
This was a really good book, I must say, BUT...did this book stress me out or did it stress me out?? Like...parts of this book just stressed me out that I had to sit the book down and gather my thoughts. I’m happy to see people like Varian Wrynn, Shandris Feathermoon, Alexstrasza, Ysera, Thrall, hell, even Sylvanas. But I have to say, I don’t think I’ll ever survive the Nightmare Lord. Nope, can’t survive him. I want to curl up in bed somewhere in my little home in Teldrassil and never, ever wake again...though if I do that, I’ll be caught up in the thrall of the Nightmare Lord and show me my greatest nightmare. But the more I read this book and see how Malfurion devised a plan to basically bring together people to help him escape the Nightmare Lord and then defeat him with the help of nearly everyone in Azeroth, the more I...actually...started...to...like...him. Shockingly. Because I really didn’t like him that much in the beginning, but the more I read, the more I started to actually like this man. Because he basically outsmarted the Nightmare Lord and brought a war to the Nightmare Lord and won, even though it took a lot out of him.
The side stories were actually pretty fun too. My favorite would have to be Broll Bearmantle and the Circle of Druids. He was actually one of my favorites out of the book, mostly because he was true to himself and knew that Fandral was acting quite sus. He had a friend, Hamuul Runetotem, a tauren druid, help him figure out what the heck was going on with Fandral..only to find out that he was working with the Nightmare Lord, and is taking to a evil spirit of his son, who died a long time ago. Sadly Malfurion had to face him in a fight, but he’s dead and gone now (or he’s completely knocked out) but other than that I liked Broll’s part in the battle with the Nightmare Lord.
But the part that stressed me out the most was Ysera’s part in it. She was CAUGHT by the Nightmare Lord himself, taking out the Eye of Ysera and I got worried for her. I thought Ysera was dead and we’ll never see her again, but then we see she’s in a golden dome, her power being used to fuel the Nightmare Lord’s power. I had to put the book down after that so I won’t read it for a moment, then I picked it up and finished reading it, and I found myself loving this book, even though some parts of it made me want to never go to sleep again, but then realize I can fight this thing no matter what. I gave this book a four out of five stars because of the stress I had while reading this book, and also because Tyrande just...got on my last damn nerves trying to be Miss Superwoman when she could just sit down and let other people help.
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