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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
I cried. A Lot.
my beautiful white bald irish catholic magic gay princess ronan lynch
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
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 romance storylines with Adam x Ronan and Declan x Jordan are well-done. I love how we all have the ending we deserve.
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
Ah, Ronan is a one of a kind but I have to admit I feel for the Lynch brothers: give me a loving and caring relationship between siblings and I am down for it. I wasn't expecting to care much about Declan, but here we are.
3.5 stars
felt like it had more of that raven cycle magic that the first two in this series lacked
felt like it had more of that raven cycle magic that the first two in this series lacked
Sweet Jesus, how am I meant to be normal about this end. "It was all very good"
I had really hoped I would like this last book at least as much as my least favorite book from The Raven Cycle, which is The Dream Thieves, but it is perhaps since this trilogy is basically spun off from my least favorite book in the original series that this trilogy was simply destined not to live up to the original series ultimately.
That said, there was plenty to love about this book, even if there were things I didn't love about it. I loved Declan's arc and texted my friend multiple times about how sorry I am about all the nasty things I've said and thought about him over the years. I loved getting to know him better these last 2 books and I can't believe how much I've learned to love him these last couple of days after years of thinking him nothing but Ronan's asshole older brother.
I also loved that we got more time with Matthew and Adam here, even if it still didn't feel like enough time, at least it felt like something now that Adam and Ronan at least weren't fighting all the goddamn time.
Some of the flaws were the pacing, while markedly faster than Mister Impossible or what I remember of Call Down the Hawk, was still a little slow, and it felt like Mór came out of fucking nowhere to be threatening and give Declan all her and Niall's worst memories and add basically nothing else to the story beyond this. I really wish those memories had come to Declan in a different way. I understand the function of her and the new Fenian in the story, but it's just a lot on top of a story that is already stuffed to the brim.
I considered rating this a 5/5 because of the butterflies its epilogue gave me, but in the end, I think that's why I can't rate it 5/5: it reminded me how good Stiefvater could be, how good these 3 books could have been.
At the end of the day, this really made me just want to reread The Raven Cycle, and that can't be a bad thing at all, but I just wish this had been included with my all time favorite series. Instead it's a not-as-good cousin to it all, but I'm glad I finally finished it up after all this time.
That said, there was plenty to love about this book, even if there were things I didn't love about it. I loved Declan's arc and texted my friend multiple times about how sorry I am about all the nasty things I've said and thought about him over the years. I loved getting to know him better these last 2 books and I can't believe how much I've learned to love him these last couple of days after years of thinking him nothing but Ronan's asshole older brother.
I also loved that we got more time with Matthew and Adam here, even if it still didn't feel like enough time, at least it felt like something now that Adam and Ronan at least weren't fighting all the goddamn time.
Some of the flaws were the pacing, while markedly faster than Mister Impossible or what I remember of Call Down the Hawk, was still a little slow, and it felt like Mór came out of fucking nowhere to be threatening and give Declan all her and Niall's worst memories and add basically nothing else to the story beyond this. I really wish those memories had come to Declan in a different way. I understand the function of her and the new Fenian in the story, but it's just a lot on top of a story that is already stuffed to the brim.
I considered rating this a 5/5 because of the butterflies its epilogue gave me, but in the end, I think that's why I can't rate it 5/5: it reminded me how good Stiefvater could be, how good these 3 books could have been.
At the end of the day, this really made me just want to reread The Raven Cycle, and that can't be a bad thing at all, but I just wish this had been included with my all time favorite series. Instead it's a not-as-good cousin to it all, but I'm glad I finally finished it up after all this time.