Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Exquisitely finished, and though a tad rushed, a beautiful story. Well worth the read and ready to be read again and again.
fast-paced
I finally finished this series! It had it's ups and downs. It started great, book two opened up some new and interesting sides of the story. The third, although necessary was boring to me and could have been several chapters in the second. I was relieved this last book followed more with the characters of the first two books. It definitely scratched some itches I had for certain themes to be resolved. Overall I am pleased I was able to make it through them all and add this tale to my catalog of good experiences with a memorable story. Not sure I have a favorite but like how they complement each other and make one larger storyline.
Ending was brief given how long it took to get there. Despite the Appendix, there's still more I'd like to know.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The last book of a very good series! However, I was somewhat disappointed. There was a lot of descriptions of food, and how wonderful baths are, and how cold and tired everyone was. A lot of the story was really repetitive like that. Then, SPOILER ALERT it just felt like when she finally faced down the bad guy, you really didn't have any interaction with him. And it wasn't that big of a deal to defeat him. And GEEZE, we spent all this time learning how special Maerad was for being part elemental, and then at the end she's not any more. And she and Cadvan realize their love for each other, but don't even get married? Wow, romantic, LOL. That being said, it was pretty good.
I really just read four entire novels about singing a song. But it was worth it just for that joke. The Singing largely failed to escape the tedium of inevitability, but did manage the occasional interesting turn of events. But why do authors insist on including romance in young adult novels? I've been dreading it since I first noticed the author call the series a romance in the intro blurb of the second book. The story managed just fine without it for something like 99% of the series.
I adore this series. Following Maerad's journey from the start of her journey to the end has been so much fun especially with the addition of Hem's POV. The imagery was lovely as always. I feel like the ending in itself was very satisfying; the Pellinor series overall had a lot of morals/lessons that I liked and the ending really seemed to fit well with them. The characters were all compelling and the world building was spectacular.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes