Reviews with content warning for Death - Greywaren

That was so lovely.

Is this the perfectest book ever? No, there are plenty of things that I think could've been handled better.

But just the fact that it put me into a reading slump for weeks because I was so scared to finish it with all those cliff-hangers, and all those insane plot-twists that mirrored or were foreshadowed in the previous books making me want to reread them,

combined with that sweet, sweet epilogue that had me giggling and kicking me feet like a five year old (WHAT DO YOU MEAN JORDAN AND DECLAN ARE MARRIED? AND ADAM AND RONAN ARE ENGAGED??????)

alone are enough for me to rate it 5 stars.

If the fact that this might be the last book ever featuring these wonderful characters and this wonderful universe influenced the rating, we're not gonna talk about it :)

~~I miss them already~~

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softiejace's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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melurmom's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It is so so so hard for me to not give this book above a four because I so desperately want to. I have been in love with the TRC universe since middle school (I'm a sophomore in college now) and I truly feel like I have grown into and up with these characters so no matter how this book ended I'm sure I would have had some kind of poor feeling about it. I say that because this review is in no way coming objectively or with no bias. The book felt scattered and like Maggie was looking for ways to make a big end to these characters but in the process created an idea too big with too short of execution. All of the characters had some sort of interesting development but I felt it came on a little too late and *spoiler* the ending although cute with the wedding and bringing all of the gangsey back for one last time felt lazy in that none of the characters felt like they had their original shape. Additionally the whole side plot with Matthew and Bryde and randomly having Matthew pop up again felt so unnecessary. Ronans proposal to Adam was purely fan service for a happy ever after ending *spoiler*. I know Maggie likes to get butthurt about opinions on the dreamer trilogy so let me say this one last time: no matter what the ending was I would have been upset in someway and I know that. But it felt rushed and unoriginal.

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keen's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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lizziaha's review against another edition

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Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

These characters, with all their spikes and petals and stardust and war crimes and dreams and quirks and defaults and angst have my whole heart.

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stormeno's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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imds's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

A meandering and messy ending that can't quite decide who to focus on which leads to Ronan getting sidelined in his own series. The book takes forever to get to an anticlimactic finale and an epilogue that's fanservice-y in uninteresting ways. By the ending, the characters and world were stale, missing the variety of magic and strong bonds between the entire cast from The Raven Cycle. Without the found family or multiple forms of mysterious magic, this series rings hollow after one book.

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