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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This had been one of my favorite series from the first page of Rebel of the Sands. I was not ready for this series to end, but it was a beautiful ending. There was so much to love in this book. I think my only criticism was that I wish we’d had more scenes with Jin and Amani.
3,5 Stars. This was definitely the weakest book in this trilogy. The writing was great and I overall enjoyed the plot. But I think sometimes we got a little to much drama that was solved way to easily. Not sure if I am a big fan of the ending. Also Delila saying she cannot hide 300 people with her power and them hiding a thousand people made me so mad. Overall this series is great but I just wished for more excitement for a last book in a series.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Rebel of the Sands ★★★★
Traitor to the Throne ★★★★
I have suffered the exact same fate I did when I read the second book EVEN THOUGH I told myself I wouldn’t.
Despite loving this series, I managed to despise the first 100 pages all because I couldn’t remember a damn thing about this series before reading this book.
To be fair, it has been almost two and a half years since I read the last book so I didn’t really expect myself to remember everything clearly. But considering this happened to me while reading the second book and I even told myself in my review of Traitor to the Throne that because I forgot I would try read the third book as soon as possible and if I couldn’t remember I would reread the series.
And of course, that did not happen. Even though I owned the book for almost a year, I thought that if I read detailed summaries of the first two books, everything would be fine. Everything was NOT fine. I read those summaries months ago when I first tried to read this book. Since then it’s been constant picking this book up and putting it back down. So even though I read the summaries several months ago, I decided I would not need to reread them because again I thought I would be fine.
At this point, I don’t know if the plot is just forgettable because this happened with the second book or if it’s just me(it is most definitely my fault, but I am trying to make myself feel better).
One thing I need to discuss first is that this series HAS WAYYYYYY TOO MANY CHARACTERS. Honestly, it was so hard for me to keep up and remember anyone. Luckily at the front of my copy was a character list with descriptions but it was annoying for the first half to have to keep turning to it to identify who's who. Eventually, I could remember them, but that was towards the second half of the book, which honestly is a bit late to finally know which character is who. Even then, I occasionally had to turn back to it.
With all that aside after 150 pages or so, I FINALLY started to get interested in this book. I began to remember why I loved this series in the first place. The world-building is fantastic, and it's full of so much detail. To me it, the world created was quite unique, which stopped it from feeling like every other fantasy book. In the last 200 pages, I could not stop reading. It was full of so much action and just like the first book had many twists. I ended up really liking it.
However, because I couldn’t remember much, it really impacted my enjoyment of the book. The second half could not make up for the fact that ultimately, I didn’t have a strong attachment to these characters and the plot. Despite me forgetting, I felt no pull to finish this series. In other words, whether I finished or not, I wouldn’t have cared. I only wanted to continue because recently I’m trying to push myself to complete all the series I’ve started and with me already owning this book and having liked the first two books I forced myself to finish.
As much as I am sad to give this series only 3 stars, the things that happened in this book didn’t move me as they would if they had happened to other characters in a different series I had loved. This series was all 4 stars until this book, and maybe this is because I left this series for so long or maybe not. I guess it is kind of my fault.
I did love this series overall, and it had a very interesting world and storyline. I would still recommend it!!
Traitor to the Throne ★★★★
I have suffered the exact same fate I did when I read the second book EVEN THOUGH I told myself I wouldn’t.
Despite loving this series, I managed to despise the first 100 pages all because I couldn’t remember a damn thing about this series before reading this book.
To be fair, it has been almost two and a half years since I read the last book so I didn’t really expect myself to remember everything clearly. But considering this happened to me while reading the second book and I even told myself in my review of Traitor to the Throne that because I forgot I would try read the third book as soon as possible and if I couldn’t remember I would reread the series.
And of course, that did not happen. Even though I owned the book for almost a year, I thought that if I read detailed summaries of the first two books, everything would be fine. Everything was NOT fine. I read those summaries months ago when I first tried to read this book. Since then it’s been constant picking this book up and putting it back down. So even though I read the summaries several months ago, I decided I would not need to reread them because again I thought I would be fine.
At this point, I don’t know if the plot is just forgettable because this happened with the second book or if it’s just me
One thing I need to discuss first is that this series HAS WAYYYYYY TOO MANY CHARACTERS. Honestly, it was so hard for me to keep up and remember anyone. Luckily at the front of my copy was a character list with descriptions but it was annoying for the first half to have to keep turning to it to identify who's who. Eventually, I could remember them, but that was towards the second half of the book, which honestly is a bit late to finally know which character is who. Even then, I occasionally had to turn back to it.
With all that aside after 150 pages or so, I FINALLY started to get interested in this book. I began to remember why I loved this series in the first place. The world-building is fantastic, and it's full of so much detail. To me it, the world created was quite unique, which stopped it from feeling like every other fantasy book. In the last 200 pages, I could not stop reading. It was full of so much action and just like the first book had many twists. I ended up really liking it.
However, because I couldn’t remember much, it really impacted my enjoyment of the book. The second half could not make up for the fact that ultimately, I didn’t have a strong attachment to these characters and the plot. Despite me forgetting, I felt no pull to finish this series. In other words, whether I finished or not, I wouldn’t have cared. I only wanted to continue because recently I’m trying to push myself to complete all the series I’ve started and with me already owning this book and having liked the first two books I forced myself to finish.
As much as I am sad to give this series only 3 stars, the things that happened in this book didn’t move me as they would if they had happened to other characters in a different series I had loved. This series was all 4 stars until this book, and maybe this is because I left this series for so long or maybe not. I guess it is kind of my fault.
I did love this series overall, and it had a very interesting world and storyline. I would still recommend it!!
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm not sure my heart can take writing this review because this book did absolutely destroy me. This book does not have enough hype and it honestly deserves all the love because it is an absolutely incredible series; I would honestly consider this to be one of my favourite series of all time because the characters and the story absolutely drew me in and the writing smashed it home. Hamilion has an incredible writing style that just quite honestly near enough destroyed me today.
I legit just sobbed for the last 100 pages of this book. I thought page 128 was bad (and honestly i'm not quite sure i've forgiven her from stealing Hala from me so soon into this story because that was gut wrenching) and then the last 100 pages happened and I was tense and numb and in shock and I just loved every damn moment of it. Hamilton broke me but I am happy about it....
The way she brings the plot threads together into this book was just so well done; I didn't feel like there were any plot points that were left unsolved and everything felt wrapped up well. I finally fully understood the world, the politics, and the mythology. I felt completely immersed into the world and the writing and the characters. Honestly if you haven't picked up by now on how obsessed I am with this book i'm not sure how I can get you to pick up this book.
I don't really want to talk about the plot because there's too much for me to focus on and I just won't do it justice - but I can just say that the ending is incredible and rounds of not only our wonderful characters but also the future of the land and the rulers. I also love the small chapters inserted into the story that are set up like myths and legends about some of our characters - chapter 10 and chapter 40 in particular... even just writing those chapter numbers IS MAKING ME SOB.
I love the friendships in this story; they're so strong and established and so well developed and it killed me anytime characters were reunited. I adore so many of the characters in this story; they're so well developed and so well established and I just adore every thing about this story - apart from all the pain - but let's be honest I loved all that pain. Hala destroyed me. Sam gutted me. Jin and Amani - that moment almost broke my heart and I couldn't see through my tears - the moment I knew Amani had to choose between Ahmed and Jin I knew what would happen and I had no idea how they were going to come back from that. You barely gave me enough time to recover from Sam and then you gut me like that. AND THEN THE ENDING. With Shira's beautiful son becoming Sultan and being taught by all those in the rebellion. I keep complaining that books aren't good enough at killing off main characters but I think if this book dared to touch a hair on one of their beautiful heads I might have rioted.
I'm crying again. This book was perfect. The characters were perfect. The ending was perfect. I want to read it over and over again and embrace the pain over and over.
I legit just sobbed for the last 100 pages of this book. I thought page 128 was bad (and honestly i'm not quite sure i've forgiven her from stealing Hala from me so soon into this story because that was gut wrenching) and then the last 100 pages happened and I was tense and numb and in shock and I just loved every damn moment of it. Hamilton broke me but I am happy about it....
The way she brings the plot threads together into this book was just so well done; I didn't feel like there were any plot points that were left unsolved and everything felt wrapped up well. I finally fully understood the world, the politics, and the mythology. I felt completely immersed into the world and the writing and the characters. Honestly if you haven't picked up by now on how obsessed I am with this book i'm not sure how I can get you to pick up this book.
I don't really want to talk about the plot because there's too much for me to focus on and I just won't do it justice - but I can just say that the ending is incredible and rounds of not only our wonderful characters but also the future of the land and the rulers. I also love the small chapters inserted into the story that are set up like myths and legends about some of our characters - chapter 10 and chapter 40 in particular... even just writing those chapter numbers IS MAKING ME SOB.
I love the friendships in this story; they're so strong and established and so well developed and it killed me anytime characters were reunited. I adore so many of the characters in this story; they're so well developed and so well established and I just adore every thing about this story - apart from all the pain - but let's be honest I loved all that pain. Hala destroyed me. Sam gutted me. Jin and Amani - that moment almost broke my heart and I couldn't see through my tears - the moment I knew Amani had to choose between Ahmed and Jin I knew what would happen and I had no idea how they were going to come back from that. You barely gave me enough time to recover from Sam and then you gut me like that. AND THEN THE ENDING. With Shira's beautiful son becoming Sultan and being taught by all those in the rebellion. I keep complaining that books aren't good enough at killing off main characters but I think if this book dared to touch a hair on one of their beautiful heads I might have rioted.
I'm crying again. This book was perfect. The characters were perfect. The ending was perfect. I want to read it over and over again and embrace the pain over and over.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Enjoyable but mediocre end to the trilogy.
Wrapped up all the loose ends and I felt satisfied with the ending.
I never felt particularly enamoured or connected to the main love story or interest but it was a decent enough story to keep me interested til the end.
Predictable, but enjoyable.
Wrapped up all the loose ends and I felt satisfied with the ending.
I never felt particularly enamoured or connected to the main love story or interest but it was a decent enough story to keep me interested til the end.
Predictable, but enjoyable.
I can't believe this is over. This is probably the quickest I've finished a series that wasn't on my Kindle in a long long time. That says something. I don't think I'll ever forget this series. For sure I'll be buying all these books and re-reading them.