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kitanda's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
sephiefoxx's review against another edition
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? Yes
4.5
“I would take your heart between my ribs and guard it like my own. Is there any way I can make you believe it?”
For fans of:
- Queer romance with a dash of magic
- Arguing for arguments sake
- Found family
What a perfect end to this wonderful series. After finishing ‘A Restless Truth’, I was excited to learn that the final book would follow Jack and Alan. Especially after Alan wormed his way into my heart throughout the course of the second book. And I was not disappointed.
I adored this book, it really brought me the same joy that I felt when reading the first book back in 2022. Alan and Jack were so perfectly matched for each other romantically, sexually, and in personality. Their arguments, squabbles, and need to pick fights with each other leading to many a wonderful scene.
I also loved the way that the characters and couples from throughout the series (I was very happy to have Robin and Edwin back on the page) came together at last to resolve the overarching conflict. A messy, queer found family trying to save magic while also trying to navigate their own issues and relationships. It just filled me with joy.
I love this series, and this finale was as strong, if not stronger than its beginning.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Classism
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Pregnancy
amethystofblackrose's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
abditoryalive's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
"How and why are different questions. And I think the words you're looking for are educated above my station."
"And here I was going to call you a workhouse brat with delusions of vocabulary"
🫖 dialogue, and banter phenomenal , with a variety of found family characters. Marske continuously nails both hilarious and steamy scenes.
🫖I adore magic houses with their own personalities (and house bees). Perfectly whimsical
🫖 initially I wasn’t excited to learn that Hawthorn would be the MMC but he really grew on me.
🫖 Historical queers
🫖 Overall worth reading the entire series.
🪫 Left with many questions
🪫 I hated Alan’s betrayal and resolution, forgiven all too quickly to sit right
🪫I didn’t love the last instalment as much as the first two. Something about the ending felt unfinished, or the political undertones I’m not sure, despite thinking it over for a few days.
"And here I was going to call you a workhouse brat with delusions of vocabulary"
🫖 dialogue, and banter phenomenal , with a variety of found family characters. Marske continuously nails both hilarious and steamy scenes.
🫖I adore magic houses with their own personalities (and house bees). Perfectly whimsical
🫖 initially I wasn’t excited to learn that Hawthorn would be the MMC but he really grew on me.
🫖 Historical queers
🫖 Overall worth reading the entire series.
🪫 Left with many questions
🪫
🪫I didn’t love the last instalment as much as the first two. Something about the ending felt unfinished, or the political undertones I’m not sure, despite thinking it over for a few days.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Grief
queenscove's review against another edition
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
margindoodles's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
As always, I find I need a bit of audiobook assistance to immerse myself in a book with slightly denser worldbuilding and/or plot. The one difficulty I've consistently had across installments in this series (which is firmly a me problem) is how expository or complex the plot can be outside of building the main ship, which is always my #1 priority, BUT. But. Once this one goes, it goes.
Satisfyingly fucky and emotional and so much more about allowing oneself to accept love and community than I anticipated?? Went in thinking this would be about concluding the series' magical quest, of course, with some toxic yaoi in the mix — and then it ended up being surprisingly not toxic at all, in addition to finding me right where I live, deep in feelings about found family.
Loved Jack and Alan, separately and together, as well as good ol' team-up shenanigans. Frankly, more romance series could and should incorporate previous couples as prominent secondary characters in successive books; my fondness for everyone only increased and deepened over this final book.
Also a fan of how the big magical plot resolved! Marske really pulled off the hat trick of writing interesting intrigue, properly steamy sex, and heartfelt character work that felt earned. Had a great time, would def read something by her again.
Satisfyingly fucky and emotional and so much more about allowing oneself to accept love and community than I anticipated?? Went in thinking this would be about concluding the series' magical quest, of course, with some toxic yaoi in the mix — and then it ended up being surprisingly not toxic at all, in addition to finding me right where I live, deep in feelings about found family.
Loved Jack and Alan, separately and together, as well as good ol' team-up shenanigans. Frankly, more romance series could and should incorporate previous couples as prominent secondary characters in successive books; my fondness for everyone only increased and deepened over this final book.
Also a fan of how the big magical plot resolved! Marske really pulled off the hat trick of writing interesting intrigue, properly steamy sex, and heartfelt character work that felt earned. Had a great time, would def read something by her again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Rape and Suicide
terranstorm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-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
5.0
Brilliant. This trilogy is out of this world, but this book especially so. I’m completely obsessed with how it all came together in the end.
(And out of all the series’ protagonists, Jack and Alan are, without a doubt, my favorites.)
(And out of all the series’ protagonists, Jack and Alan are, without a doubt, my favorites.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
joensign's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Suicide and Grief
Minor: Rape
klbreyfogle's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-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
5.0
This was my favorite one of the whole series! Jack and Alan are such compelling characters so I was super excited to find out this volume was about them (and included the rest of our beloved cast of characters!!) Loved the end, loved the characters, had good fun reading! Fair warning: this couple leans into consensual no consent HEAVILY so if that’s not your thing then at least skip those scenes. It’s well negotiated and explicitly consenting but a bit different from the scenes written for previous couples.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism
agraves's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Rape