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The final battle approaches!

After joining the Elemental Coven, young witch Lilith’s eyes were opened to the truth that the Council has always been desperate to keep hidden. With only two Covens still standing, Lilith’s world is in danger of collapsing… and so is the Elemental Coven. After a mysterious illness begins to infect the Coven, witches are dying, and not even coven leader Willow’s power of resurgence is enough to save them.

After the Battle of the Grove destroys Lilith’s good leg and her ability to walk, she faces an internal war about her future that consumes her, dragging her further and further into the darkness. Willow is desperate to help Lilith find the light because Lilith isn’t just her sister—she’s the Elemental Coven's last hope for survival. As the Sage’s ex-apprentice, Lilith is the only witch capable of taking down the ancient ruler.

As the war destroys the last of the covens, Lilith knows there is only one way to end the chaos for good—a final showdown against the Sage that only one of them will walk away from.

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2022

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Kayla Krantz

43 books740 followers
Kayla Krantz is an international bestselling author of dark fantasy, psychological horror, and supernatural thrillers. She is fascinated by the dark and macabre. Stephen King is her all-time inspiration, mixed in with some faint remnants of the works of Edgar Allen Poe. When she began writing, she started in horror, but somehow drifted into thriller and fantasy. She loves the 1988 movie, “Heathers.” Kayla was born and raised in Michigan, but traveled across the country to where she currently resides, in Texas.


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Profile Image for Rhianydd Cooke - Cambourne.
267 reviews11 followers
November 1, 2019
I received a free copy of this book via BookSirens in exchange of an honest review;
This book was a little better than the last, Lillith was slightly more tolerable because she wasn’t so stroppy and miserable all the time.
I found a lot of errors scattered throughout the book and the editors need to do a better job of going through this before it goes to hard or paper copy :/ I can usually forgive the odd one or two but this book did seem to have more than I usually find, hence why it actually got a mention.
Again, I found this book a bit too slow, plodding and predictable. Everything seems to come too easily and nothing is really much of a challenge or particularly permanent. I’m glad I stuck with the series to see how it ended but it’s not a series that I’ll be going back to and I probably won’t look out for this author again.
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Author 112 books2,677 followers
October 29, 2019
That opening - Wow - so emotional. I could feel the pain. The Sage is another great instalment in the series. It has everything a paranormal read should - magic, twists, a dead sister, a bleak future on the horizon and an injured witch trying to bring it all together and save the day.

I loved it.
Profile Image for Liesbeth.
309 reviews7 followers
November 10, 2019
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The beginning started great, when they succeed to rescue Lilith from the Council Coven. But nothing went smoothly especially Lilith is magically hit in her good leg. Now she can’t walk anymore and from there she is going downhill, overwhelmed by the prospect of never walking again. But even in her darkest hour, she forges herself a path admits chaos. It becomes even more difficult when witches start to die of a mysterious illness. And more dramatic when Willow is not able to resurrect the ones that have dies of this illness.

The Council is successful to divide the Elemental Coven even more. People are getting afraid and go after each other’s throat. During the turmoil, up in the 5 lands, other Covens are getting attacked by the Council. It seems that they are eliminating them one by one, for what purpose?

But slowly another story is unraveling about the what happened with Lilith’s family, where she thought all was revealed. A big shock comes when Willow and Lilith learn that their mother Ivy is not dead. The two of them are enraged that she left her daughters in this war, especially when it claimed the life of Willow.

Being desperate they move the ones that are still alive and not sick, to her mother’s land, where Lilith finds out that she has an aunt and other family. They live in trees and it is for Lilith even harder to get around. Now with astral projection she wants to spy on the Council, but she got caught and they know where she is hiding.

I love the plot twists, the emerging of new magic talents. With the oncoming battle will it claim more lives. Will her boyfriend who has the mysterious illness die?

With so much of an action filled story and intrigues I was disappointed with the end, action wise. But if you delve deeper into the end, some profound insights come forward that I would never have thought of. The underlying thread of all the books of how we deal with trauma events and it takes courage to overcome it. Also, the notion that to become your ultimate good, you have to go through the ultimate bad.
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3,504 reviews36 followers
January 17, 2020
Listened to audio narrated by Lynn Norris.

WARNING! This review is going to be full of spoilers because I can't explain the problems I had with the story without revealing what happened in the story.

The book is titled 'The Sage' and I spent the entire book wondering why. I expected the story to either switch to the Sage's point of view or watching Lilith in the role of Sage but that isn't the case, and the final conflict between the Lilith and the Sage was pretty anti-climatic. The majority of the book is a lot of poor Lilith and her feeling worthless because of the damage to her legs. I really wished the author had taken the opportunity to show how valuable she still was despite her injuries. We spend a good deal of the book listening to her wallow as well as a another big lie being kept from her to feed her pity party. I really wanted Lilith to shine despite her disability and that just doesn't happen, she gets fixed and then she's queen of the world because she's whole again, bleh. Don't get me wrong I wanted and fully expected her to be healed at some point but the fact she only took on the world AFTER she was healed was a disappointment and a lost opportunity in my opinion.

Her coven is dying from a magical illness and it seems nothing can be done but watch characters die until they conveniently raise one of the council witches from the dead that had the power to cure them. Except the last time he used his magic to cure a magical illness it striped the witch of her power as well as made it impossible for Willow to raise them from the dead. But when Lilith gets healed it apparently had no affect on her magical abilities... inconsistency drives me batty.

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Profile Image for Billie.
5,752 reviews68 followers
August 12, 2019
After joining the Elemental Coven, young witch Lilith’s eyes were opened to the truth that the Council has always been desperate to keep hidden. With only two Covens still standing, Lilith’s world is in real danger of collapsing and so is the Elemental Coven. After a mysterious illness begins to infect the Coven, witches are dying and not even coven leader Willow’s power of resurgence is enough to save them.
After the Battle of the Grove destroys Lilith’s good leg, and her ability to walk, she faces an internal war about her future that consumes her, dragging her further and further into the darkness. Willow is desperate to help Lilith find the light because Lilith isn’t just her sister, she is the Elemental Coven’s last hope of survival. As the Sage’s ex-apprentice, Lilith is the only witch capable of taking down the ancient ruler.
As the war destroys the last of the covens, Lilith knows there is only one way to end the chaos for good—a final showdown against the Sage that only one of them will walk away from.

What a read this was!!!
This is a fantastice follow on for this series.
So full of everything you could want; we have magic, action, twists, turns, emotions running high.
I love this one so much and the whole series.
The characters have been fabulously written and have been a great joy to read about.
The plot and story lines have all come together to this finale.
No spoilers from me so you will have to read to find out what has happened with Willow and her coven!!
Highly recommend reading!!

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Profile Image for Dorothy Garino.
83 reviews1 follower
September 3, 2019
I'm in love with this series.

So we continue on with Lilith’s journey in this book. It’s heart-wrenching reading about the wounds she has to endure and what mental anguish she goes through after the battle. She learns a few things about her mother that really spices up the story.

Then tragically, we learn about a mysterious illness thats infected the witches and is apparently so potent that even Ambrossi and Willow, Lilith’s dead sister, can’t cure it. Yeah that’s right, she dead … that’s not a spoiler btw but you’ll have to read it to find out how that’s possible. That’s explained in the second book.

All the while Lilith is trying to come to terms with her new disability and information about her mother. I found myself really connecting with her and hoping for her wellness. There are many characters have been wounded in this battle and Krantz does an excellent job of getting into their heads and showing you the different stages of coping.

All in all, the whole plot was engaging. Lot’s of action and the characters are phenom.

The ending was so perfect and satisfying.
Profile Image for N.W. Moors.
Author 11 books158 followers
August 12, 2019
In the third book of the Witch's Ambitions trilogy, we find Lilith injured after the last battle. Now both her legs are damaged, and she can't walk. She's acquired more information about her mother, none of it good. Meanwhile, a magical sickness is attacking the witches of Willow's coven and she finds she can't reanimate them.
I found this book a little slower in pace than the first two. There's one battle, but it's off-scene, so the story is mostly about the conflicts existing within Willow's coven and how Lilith deals with the various characters there. It's a good ending to the series which resolves Lilith's battle with the Council and gives hope to those left in the Land of Five.
The series as a whole is an interesting world of witches not quite like anything I've seen before. I liked the idea of the covens divided by their powers. The ultimate betrayal of the Sage, the witch who rules them all, and Lilith's resolve to overcome her makes for an interesting dynamic and a good read.
19 reviews
September 14, 2019
In this third book of the series, Lilith continues her journey fighting for the survival of her coven. During the Battle of the Grove, Lilith is disabled when her leg is destroyed and now she cannot walk. But that isn’t enough to prompt her to throw in the towel.
The stakes are even higher when a mysterious illness starts killing off witches in the coven. Willow, Lilith’s sister and the coven leader, cannot reanimate those witches they’ve lost. Willow does not have the ability to deal with the sick witches and fight.
Only two covens still stand, including Lilith’s Elemental Coven. It falls on her to fight the final battle against the Sage as she was once his apprentice. On her way, Lilith learns disturbing things about her mother and that some of those that she thought were friends, were really enemies.
Like all of Krantz’s book’s this was a fun, thrilling read with plenty of complex characters and twists and turns. She paints a world that makes you feel like you are there rooting for Lilith to succeed.
Profile Image for Saundra Wright.
2,553 reviews8 followers
August 4, 2019

The long awaited third book in the Witch's Ambition series starts strong and delivers to the last page. The plotlines all converge to bring each character to their fulfilment. Sit back and enjoy the end of this awesome series.

Lilith and Clio have finally been reunited but war still threatens the coven. The Council’s lands have been decimated. The bunker suffered from an explosion and the buildings made uninhabitable. But surely the Council still exists in hiding. The Council will never step down from this war.

Willow and her Elemental Coven has fallen back after their victory. Now they need time to rest and recover. Then witches within the coven are struck with a devastating illness. The healers can’t find the source or a cure. Worst of all, when the first witch dies, Willow is unable to reanimate them.

Will Willow and the coven be able to care for their ill and still face the threat of the Council? Will this war ever be finished? Can the Land of Five ever live in peace?
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Author 1 book18 followers
November 14, 2019
In the third book of the Witch's Ambitions trilogy, Lilith’s world is in danger of collapsing after learning the truth about the Council. Damaging her good leg in the battle of Grove adds to her woes as she is unable to walk. Willow, on the other hand, is facing her own battles after a mysterious illness begins to infect the Coven, resulting in the death of witches. Lilith is now the Elemental Coven’s only hope of survival.

The story is focused on Lilith’s internal battles as she tries to come to terms with her disability, knowing she is the last hope of saving the Elemental Coven. Krantz’s narrative is evenly paced, the prose accessible, and the dialogue sharp. Krantz’s world of witches as part of different covens is both authentic and fascinatingly intriguing.

The satisfying finale ends the series on a positive note. This book will please the series fans as well as get new fans for the author.

Definitely recommended!
Profile Image for Kaye.
7,177 reviews68 followers
August 13, 2019
ONE HEART POUNDING ADVENTURE!!!
Shock and Awe baby! One wild refreshing spin. Kayla's throwing caution to the wind, set the stage for this action packed bombshell. All the trials and tribulations, twists and turns, ups and downs adds a little spice to the mix with staggering results. This mind blowing storyline and striking plot, propels this gem to life vividly. Throw in all the drama, angst, danger and suspense that catapults this little jewel to a whole new level. The realism and authenticity of the characters as their on point personalities blend and connect along with the graphically detailed scenes that thrust this little jewel together smooth as silk. Awesome job Kayla, thanks for sharing this little gem with us.
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Author 11 books757 followers
October 16, 2019
Epic Fantasy that Delivers
There's nothing better than a great book, connecting with the characters and their struggles, being wrapped in and engrossed in a thick plot that continuously keeps the reader begging for more and rifling through page after page, chapter after chapter as if you're on a mission to find out what happens next, absolutely needing to find out how the story will end. The Sage delivers on all levels. If you are a lover of epic fantasy and, of course, witches, you will not be disappointed in Kayla Krantz's trilogy, her writing style grips the reader and does not let go. The series has all that is needed to satisfy any readers appetite for truly great fantasy with intricate plot details and characters we can all connect with. Highly Recommended!!!
152 reviews15 followers
September 23, 2019
It's been a complex and difficult journey for Lilith to get this far, and things aren't getting any easier, but being unable to walk isn't going to stop her doing her all to keep the coven 'alive'.
Loved everything about this book. Clever writing skills bring the whole story to life with wonderful descriptions and great characters. The plot line is full of twists and explanations which brings the series together neatly. I liked the determination written into Lilith. Made her feel very real and a force to be reckoned with despite her difficulties.
Read from book one to get the full impact from this magical series!
1,390 reviews8 followers
November 4, 2019
What an awesome Trilogy! Just when Lilith thinks she knows all about her family, she finds out that there is yet one more secret to be revealed.

The war between the Council and the Elementals rages, and people whom she loves dearly lose their lives - and Willow cant bring them all back. The illness that has infected their coven is a magical one, and even their best healer loses his life - Will Lilith lose Clio as well? Is it really her destiny to kill the Sage and become their saviour? I have thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy and am grateful that I was able to read them, one after the other.
I received an advanced review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Profile Image for Tina M.
646 reviews2 followers
February 23, 2020
Such a disappointment

The final book in this trilogy is not worth the time I spent on finishing it.
It’s, rushed, confusing, full of errors, and run on after run on and repeat after repeat, of the previous 2 books. So much filler to try and extend the book, it made me want to give up, more than a few times.
The final episode takes up maybe all of 2% of the book. What a disappointment after all the build up leading you-and dragging you-on.
My apologies for being so harsh-but I’ve learned life is too short to read bad, amateurish novels.
115 reviews2 followers
March 31, 2020
Very Enjoyable

This final book in the series ties up most of the loose ends and delivers a few surprises. I found the end of the book a little underwhelming personally, but it does conclude the series in a reasonably satisfying way. When I started the series I had not previously read any of her work. I am very glad I took the chance on a new (to me) author. The audio is also excellent.
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24 reviews10 followers
October 19, 2019
Oh wow. I absolutely loved read this and it has left me hooked right from the start. I was not expecting that happy ending. I loved the twists and turns that Lilith faced throughout the story and I could feel myself being pulled in. I would totally recommend buying this book.
792 reviews4 followers
January 15, 2020
I received this book for free for a honest review.  I loved the characters and storyline.  it flowed very well and held together.  The author did an excellent job of bringing the characters to life. loved the heroine. reccomend
403 reviews3 followers
January 22, 2020
Page Turner

If you are in to epic fantasy and witches, then all you book lovers who enjoy this genre take my advice and buy this Trilogy. The author, Kayla Krantz, certainly knows how to balance good v evil which will keep you turning the pages.
Lovely ending to a nail biting story.
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7,444 reviews52 followers
March 25, 2020
The Sage (The Witch's Ambitions Trilogy Book 3) by Kayla Krantz is an amazing story to read. This is book number three in this amazing series and I loved it. I highly recommend this story to all.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksirens and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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