3.96 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

did this need to be a book? no.

could i enjoy it for what it was? sure

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I loved the first few books in this series, and even the one before this wasn't too bad. Maybe I'm just getting more picky with what I read, but this one just didn't deliver. The dialog is choppy, especially with 25 parts in a 300 page book, and most of it is corny. All of the things I enjoyed about the last book (a new big villain, plots that don't really make sense but are interesting to think about, a twist at the end) didn't come through in this book. There were way too many characters, and very little development. Crazy amounts of violence, torture, and death were briefly glossed over.
I admit, there were some exciting action scenes and at least some emotional parts at the end, but overall it just felt dry. It didn't engage me enough to make me want to read it, which is why it took me four months. I'm giving it 3 stars out of respect for the rest of the series and the little glimmers of the old books I saw peeking through, and I will finish book 10, if only to have completed the series. But this series should have stopped with book 7, or maybe even before.

Fantastic read with a just ending!

This is the best series ever literally every book is 5⭐️ it’s the best
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I.
Freaking.
Love.
This.
Series!!!

jklingsporn's review

4.0
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

  • not quite as good as the most recent installment but I still liked it.
    could tell Jack wasn’t actually a traitor since his loyalty toward Michael and the Clan has been on display since book 1 but I liked seeing how it affected the characters.
    I didn’t enjoy the whole Team Alpha plot as much as the main plot
    , with Cassy finding love with Jax, just for him to die by the end. I liked Cassy in the earlier books but in these she’s just here for added drama most of the time, then to realize she’s wrong for acting how she does toward michael, and then she dies.
    I enjoyed this book but i feel like books 8 and 9 should have just been one book really. Seems like splitting them up for no REAL reason was somewhat of a cash grab from RPE.

emotional funny informative tense 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: No
adventurous emotional 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