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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's tough to wrap up a 13 book series perfectly and this book certainly suffered from having to include all the characters we've come to love in one book and wrap up their stories nicely.
There were moments I loved in this book and also moments I hated. I felt like the stakes were described as high but I didn't feel it while reading.
Overall a perfectly fine ending to a great series
There were moments I loved in this book and also moments I hated. I felt like the stakes were described as high but I didn't feel it while reading.
Overall a perfectly fine ending to a great series
adventurous
emotional
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
REREAD 2020
And so this series comes to an end. Or, as much of an end as a series like this can. Which I actually like a lot. There is no big final battle for these characters, it isn't that kind of world.
But it IS the big final battle of the story-arc introduced in the two last books. A war among the supernaturals.
As a big final battle goes, and as a place to end a series, it's a good one.
The writing is good, as usual, and I liked that we got to see the many other characters that's important in this world in this book. Savannah is the main MC and we see the story unfold from her POV. She's an ok MC, but not my favorite. I'm glad we get more novellas from Elena's POV.
New rating: 3.5/5 stars
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Original rating: 5/5 stars
And so this series comes to an end. Or, as much of an end as a series like this can. Which I actually like a lot. There is no big final battle for these characters, it isn't that kind of world.
But it IS the big final battle of the story-arc introduced in the two last books. A war among the supernaturals.
As a big final battle goes, and as a place to end a series, it's a good one.
The writing is good, as usual, and I liked that we got to see the many other characters that's important in this world in this book. Savannah is the main MC and we see the story unfold from her POV. She's an ok MC, but not my favorite. I'm glad we get more novellas from Elena's POV.
New rating: 3.5/5 stars
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Original rating: 5/5 stars
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
A good ending to the series Women of the Otherworld. It left open a potential future for short stories of another book someday, while wrapping up some big things. I especially enjoyed the bonus short story at the end.
I will miss this series, but will keep reading whatever Kelley Armstrong writes!
I will miss this series, but will keep reading whatever Kelley Armstrong writes!
Savannah gets to be with Adam which was what I was hanging out for. I mean we all knew it was a forgone conclusion but it was nice to have it in writing. The Cabals try to charge Savannah with killing someone important or something which leads to the death of some old guy who is related to them. Angels keep flitting in and out as do the demons. To be honest I lost track of this series a little after Paige got together with Lucas. Once I pick the books up I remember why I was hooked but they haven't been books that have stuck in my mind. The ending was satisfactory and the battles were definitely gory, actually more so than necessary I felt. Everyone is still alive and happy at the end of it so it's a job well done.
It definitely isn't the best book in the series and I wish we had gotten more Clay and Elena overall. A solid series that does require a bit of mental maneuvering to keep them all together. I recommend the series to any fans of urban fiction, Devon Monk, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs and Faith Hunter.
3/5
xxx
George
It definitely isn't the best book in the series and I wish we had gotten more Clay and Elena overall. A solid series that does require a bit of mental maneuvering to keep them all together. I recommend the series to any fans of urban fiction, Devon Monk, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs and Faith Hunter.
3/5
xxx
George
Thirteen marks the final entry for full-length novels in the Otherworld series. Perhaps uncreative with its title, Thirteen can also indicate bad luck and superstition, so maybe it works well enough.
I'm happy the author changed the formula up a bit by having this be multiple point of view. The series has been filled with a few mains, not just one, so having their individual perspectives makes sense. Still she mainly makes this a Savannah book, leaving the young witch as the focal point to wrap up the series. Kind of strange considered it started and continued so strongly with Elena, but Elena does get her ending and wrap-up here too. A surprising perspective is Eve, who grew on me with 13. Jaime has some fun moments as well.
Switches sometimes leads to a little realism of personality lost. That's unfortunate but it's still workable if you already know and love the characters by reading the twelve books preceding it.
Another bad thing about doing the technique of switching points of view of main characters throughout a series is that you have to make the characters stand apart with different personality traits and voice. You can't just depend on the person's hang-ups with their life and how they're different just because they have different abilities. Armstrong mainly succeeds with that, especially through Elena in the earlier books, Jaime, Paige and Eve. By the time I get to Savannah, she seems to be a blend of the group. She stood out as her own personality in earlier books more than being in her head.
A disappointment I have with the series is Adam. He is introduced in Stolen and we get so little of him until Savannah finally grows up and develops a relationship with him. Through glimpses in earlier books he is shown as fun and intriguing. In Stolen he's showing as three dimensional with rough edges that may turn dangerous if provoked. Through Paige's books he's shown as incredibly powerful and rare. When he finally gets into his own books with Savannah, however, he comes across plain with power, generic in personality and a little dull. Such a shame. Instead with Savannah's books he's lukewarm (no pun intended), vanilla and rather boring. There is no spark of individuality, playful banter, bizarre humor, or risk taking. His personality is kind of just there, as is their relationship.
Thirteen does excel with how well it wraps up so many connecting storylines. I'm happy with everyone's ending. There's a surprise thrown in with a returning villain who everyone thought was long gone, and there's another surprising redemption with an enemy everyone knew was around but had written off as purely wicked.
The Cabal gets a presence and not a full wrap-up as the author leaves it open-ended on if Lucas will ever take over or not. The riddle of this is finally solved in the 2016 anthology release, Otherworld Chills, in 'Baby Boom.'
Fans of the series should be pleased. It's better than some of the other final books, regular characters are granted much needed page-time, there's a creatively done story that brings all the supernaturals together to fight, and we get to see more people's happily-ever-after. Until the short stories that is...Keep bringing them on too. This series is awesome and I hate seeing it end.
I'm happy the author changed the formula up a bit by having this be multiple point of view. The series has been filled with a few mains, not just one, so having their individual perspectives makes sense. Still she mainly makes this a Savannah book, leaving the young witch as the focal point to wrap up the series. Kind of strange considered it started and continued so strongly with Elena, but Elena does get her ending and wrap-up here too. A surprising perspective is Eve, who grew on me with 13. Jaime has some fun moments as well.
Switches sometimes leads to a little realism of personality lost. That's unfortunate but it's still workable if you already know and love the characters by reading the twelve books preceding it.
Another bad thing about doing the technique of switching points of view of main characters throughout a series is that you have to make the characters stand apart with different personality traits and voice. You can't just depend on the person's hang-ups with their life and how they're different just because they have different abilities. Armstrong mainly succeeds with that, especially through Elena in the earlier books, Jaime, Paige and Eve. By the time I get to Savannah, she seems to be a blend of the group. She stood out as her own personality in earlier books more than being in her head.
A disappointment I have with the series is Adam. He is introduced in Stolen and we get so little of him until Savannah finally grows up and develops a relationship with him. Through glimpses in earlier books he is shown as fun and intriguing. In Stolen he's showing as three dimensional with rough edges that may turn dangerous if provoked. Through Paige's books he's shown as incredibly powerful and rare. When he finally gets into his own books with Savannah, however, he comes across plain with power, generic in personality and a little dull. Such a shame. Instead with Savannah's books he's lukewarm (no pun intended), vanilla and rather boring. There is no spark of individuality, playful banter, bizarre humor, or risk taking. His personality is kind of just there, as is their relationship.
Thirteen does excel with how well it wraps up so many connecting storylines. I'm happy with everyone's ending. There's a surprise thrown in with a returning villain who everyone thought was long gone, and there's another surprising redemption with an enemy everyone knew was around but had written off as purely wicked.
The Cabal gets a presence and not a full wrap-up as the author leaves it open-ended on if Lucas will ever take over or not. The riddle of this is finally solved in the 2016 anthology release, Otherworld Chills, in 'Baby Boom.'
Fans of the series should be pleased. It's better than some of the other final books, regular characters are granted much needed page-time, there's a creatively done story that brings all the supernaturals together to fight, and we get to see more people's happily-ever-after. Until the short stories that is...Keep bringing them on too. This series is awesome and I hate seeing it end.
So very sad to see this series end! It's been one of my fav's ever since I read Bitten... took me a while to get through the series, but I have enjoyed every adventure and meeting so many fun characters! I like the way it ended and hope that maybe we see more of the gang again in the future.....
This is how a series should end!
I was really sad to read this because it means my favourite series is over. It was definitely worth the anticipation though! There were many great moments for all of my favourite characters. I hadn't been the hugest fan of the last two Savannah-centric books, but this one more than made up for it. There was just enough of a mix of all of the others that I thought it worked out really well. The chapters with Elena, Hope, Paige and Jaime didn't crowd the story but actually added to it.
Everything was wrapped up nicely, but still left open for future short stories or even full blown novels down the road.
So, definitely bittersweet feelings here, but I'm glad The Otherworld went out on top.
I was really sad to read this because it means my favourite series is over. It was definitely worth the anticipation though! There were many great moments for all of my favourite characters. I hadn't been the hugest fan of the last two Savannah-centric books, but this one more than made up for it. There was just enough of a mix of all of the others that I thought it worked out really well. The chapters with Elena, Hope, Paige and Jaime didn't crowd the story but actually added to it.
Everything was wrapped up nicely, but still left open for future short stories or even full blown novels down the road.
So, definitely bittersweet feelings here, but I'm glad The Otherworld went out on top.
Being the finale of the beloved series, Women of the Otherworld, I was so excited to read this.
It begins where it began. No that is not a typo. Kelley Armstrong kicks things off with a letter from herself, which frankly I thought was a nice touch. Which leads onto the very first chapter, all the way back to Bitten. In doing so I though this was the perfect way to put you into the right mind-space to begin the end.
The plot in this book is crazy! I am not sure how Armstrong kept track of all the goings on because this is packed with action and characters and little links to how this might end. Of course this can sometimes get a bit confusing but I was never left wanting to put it down.
I am so pleased with how it all wrapped up and ended, Savannah is definitely the lead role in this book, however all the characters that we have seen along the way are in this and play key parts. There is so much crammed into this novel it is hard to review without giving bits of it away. I will say in some places it seemed a little whimsical, things that proved impossible during the other 12 books seemed as easy at simply clicking your fingers in this book, but for the sake of a happy ending I will gladly overlook this.
This truly is a fantastic fantasy series led by the voices of talented women each different not only in power but personality. This world that Armstrong has created is brilliantly in depth without being overly complicated. I am sad to see this series go, however upon finishing this, it was released that Armstrong is releasing a new novel about Kate and Logan, so it appears, it is not quite over. Yet.
It begins where it began. No that is not a typo. Kelley Armstrong kicks things off with a letter from herself, which frankly I thought was a nice touch. Which leads onto the very first chapter, all the way back to Bitten. In doing so I though this was the perfect way to put you into the right mind-space to begin the end.
The plot in this book is crazy! I am not sure how Armstrong kept track of all the goings on because this is packed with action and characters and little links to how this might end. Of course this can sometimes get a bit confusing but I was never left wanting to put it down.
I am so pleased with how it all wrapped up and ended, Savannah is definitely the lead role in this book, however all the characters that we have seen along the way are in this and play key parts. There is so much crammed into this novel it is hard to review without giving bits of it away. I will say in some places it seemed a little whimsical, things that proved impossible during the other 12 books seemed as easy at simply clicking your fingers in this book, but for the sake of a happy ending I will gladly overlook this.
This truly is a fantastic fantasy series led by the voices of talented women each different not only in power but personality. This world that Armstrong has created is brilliantly in depth without being overly complicated. I am sad to see this series go, however upon finishing this, it was released that Armstrong is releasing a new novel about Kate and Logan, so it appears, it is not quite over. Yet.
9/7/2015
Everything I said last time around still stands, although this time I'd reread the entire series over the course of about six to nine months, so things made a lot more sense. I still wasn't a huge fan of jumping between the first and third person narratives, and things did seem a little too tidy. but on the whole, it was a decent conclusion to the Women of the Otherworld series.
11/8/2013
It's possible I would have liked this more if I'd reread Spellbound immediately beforehand. I have plans to reread the entire series right through at some point, and I may reassess my rating at that time.
While I enjoyed Savannah as the main narrator over the course of the last few books in the series, the numerous viewpoints here - with Savannah in first person and the others in third - grated. It was jumpy and everything felt a little too similar for me. I think I would have almost preferred it if it had been broken into parts and each part was narrated by a different character rather than jumping between them. That said, I enjoyed the inevitably culmination of the relationship between Savannah and Adam.
My biggest problem with it, I think, was.
Everything I said last time around still stands, although this time I'd reread the entire series over the course of about six to nine months, so things made a lot more sense. I still wasn't a huge fan of jumping between the first and third person narratives, and things did seem a little too tidy. but on the whole, it was a decent conclusion to the Women of the Otherworld series.
11/8/2013
It's possible I would have liked this more if I'd reread Spellbound immediately beforehand. I have plans to reread the entire series right through at some point, and I may reassess my rating at that time.
While I enjoyed Savannah as the main narrator over the course of the last few books in the series, the numerous viewpoints here - with Savannah in first person and the others in third - grated. It was jumpy and everything felt a little too similar for me. I think I would have almost preferred it if it had been broken into parts and each part was narrated by a different character rather than jumping between them. That said, I enjoyed the inevitably culmination of the relationship between Savannah and Adam.
My biggest problem with it, I think, was