3.33 AVERAGE

megreads8's review

2.0

Such a disappointing ending
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

**SPOILERS**

My feelings for this last book are very conflicted. So much of this story was unique with the different tiers the group had to go through. The dialogue amongst the group and through the bond was funny and my favorite scene was with the dancing skeletons! However, I felt nothing for Eli and Anna’s situationship. I felt Eli was just repeating the same thing to her throughout the entire story only to end up staying with her. And I didn’t feel there was enough character development with Anna to connect with her. I really missed Caly and Mendax and was sad that their story was basically wrapped up with conversations through the bond. I fell in love with this series because it was so dark and this last one really wasn’t for the most part. 
fast-paced
adventurous funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous slow-paced
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mthrofdrgns_'s review

4.0
adventurous funny hopeful fast-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
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kaysbooknook's review

3.5
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Beautiful happy ending for all the characters in this series. I am so grateful that Eli ended up with his happy ending and was able to overcome his pride to do so. Anna is perfect for him. 
I know it was not their story and it was good to see Caly and Mendax again, but I absolutely despise pregnancies thrown into stories. 
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krystalreadz's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

DNF at 16%.

Well this is fucking disappointing. I called it though. This is an Eli book through and through. That would have been fine if this was the same Eli from the previous books. Eli being Seelie makes him kinder and more compassionate but he was also so confident and sure of himself. He also was never a bumbling idiot. The guy dies and goes to the underworld and he’s a totally different person. All his confidence is gone. He is so fucking awkward. And he can’t talk to a girl without tripping over his words and word vomiting. 

I’ve made it through 5 chapters and nothing has freaking happened. Eli is too busy trying to fight “the itch” which means he has to do something he wouldn’t ever do before he goes crazy. He’s seelie.. that can be pretty much anything. He had a mission and it doesn’t seem very important to him or the book at the moment. 

We got one chapter with Cal and Mendax, but it’s just of Cal puking non stop (gross and the amount of times it occurred in the singular chapter is unnecessary),
complaining about how she’s going to be a bad mom
, and still being more heartbroken over her dead friend than being happy to have Mendax when it could have easily been him instead. I was really hoping she would come around and finally show this man some fucking love but no.. she’s still too preoccupied thinking about Eli. I’m glad Mendax said something about it, because enough.. respect the man you say you love.
It’s also super fucking weird to have hoped you conceived your child with Mendax in the cave because you want Eli to have been part of it happening. HUH?! Can’t even keep your baby just something special between you and Mendax?!
 

The formatting on Kindle is bothersome. When there’s dialogue, the lines aren’t broken by character speaking. There are whole paragraphs where one character is speaking followed immediately on the same line another character speaking. It makes it so hard to follow who is talking and when. 

Lastly, the tone and speech of these characters have completely changed. All the fae in previous books had a tone of nobility. Now everyone is talking like humans in the 21st century. 

This whole series has devolved and the continuity is severely lacking.