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juugp's review against another edition
4.0
Overall I liked how the series ended. the only thing that bothers me a bit is the love-triangle, though I sort of liked how it turned out.
I just think that, through all the books you could never tell who Dru would end up- much as it was vague, in a certain way you were the one who decided who she favoured, which was influenced by which guy we liked better.
For me, the end was just as vague- from one point view she had obviously made her choice, but from the other there were clear signs of hope.
so which is the right one? maybe none, maybe both. I believe the author didn't want to put that pressure on Dru, of having to choose between Graves and Christophe after everything they'd been through. Or she just didn't that pressure on herself, we'll never know.
I just think that, through all the books you could never tell who Dru would end up- much as it was vague, in a certain way you were the one who decided who she favoured, which was influenced by which guy we liked better.
For me, the end was just as vague- from one point view she had obviously made her choice, but from the other there were clear signs of hope.
so which is the right one? maybe none, maybe both. I believe the author didn't want to put that pressure on Dru, of having to choose between Graves and Christophe after everything they'd been through. Or she just didn't that pressure on herself, we'll never know.
kathydavie's review against another edition
2.0
Fifth in the Strange Angels urban fantasy series for young adults. Although this seems rather unfair to toss this dreck at young adults...the formation of young minds and all that.
My Take
What is with this stupid girl!!???? I can understand not trusting people but even after she learns the truth, she still runs away. She's demonstrably incompetent in spite of her own opinions. Does she ever stop and think?? She is amazingly selfish. She always has to stop just before a battle or just before the bad guys show up to whine, whimper, and whinge about why. Why do I have to do this? Why do I have to get out of this room? Wh-y-i-n-e… There are times I want to help Sergej put her out of our misery.
There's the moment when Christophe claims that "Milady Dru is startlingly mature". By what standards?? Newborn puppies? The scene in the restaurant was just another stupid moment for Dru. She's being chased for her life, the bad guys are close behind, and she keeps drinking something that tastes nasty. At the least, ask for a fresh glass of Diet Coke!
She keeps leaving clothes and equipment behind as she runs and as soon as she gets to a stopping place, she buys more. 'Cause otherwise she won't have anything to leave behind when she has to run again. Her stupid actions in town at the grocery store. She does do well at the motel in Biloxi; a move that will have far-reaching consequences. And it's her loyalty and care for Graves that makes it possible for Graves' surviving each time.
What? She's just figuring it out that Gran had some idea of what/who Dru was?? Good thing Dru hasn't any plans to go to college---she'd be so depressed when they toss her for being stupid. I do enjoy the mental encouragements Dru receives from her memories of Dad and Gran. There's even a few from Mom.
Dru has bloomed. So, she doesn't figure that...maybe...other things may have changed about her abilities?? At least she does come to realize that she's a follower. She needs/wants someone to give her orders. Now if only she'd stay still long enough for people to order her about.
We do get some interesting truths from Graves and Ash has a nice revelation.
The Story
God forbid that Dru should stop running and, immediately after rescuing Graves from Sergej, she's off with Ash and Graves. Running for the first place anyone would think to look. Naturally, the vampires find her. Fortunately, Christophe finds her about the same time and the chase is on. [Well, fortunate for her, not so fortunate for us...'cause she's still alive...]
As they run for their next safe haven, they learn of a change in alliances just before they're attacked again and again leaving Dru on her own to make her way. Luckily for us, she's captured by Sergej (oops, did I say that??) and we finally achieve our denouement even as St. Crow sets us up with a whole new set of problems that could actually turn out okay in spite of the blood influence from Milady.
The Characters
Dru Anderson is svetocha and she's running away...again. This time with the newly-rescued Graves from Sergej's prison and the now-half Broken Ash.
Graves is a loup-garou Turned by Ash (when Ash was still under thrall to Sergej) and kidnapped and tortured by Sergej in Defiance. Ash is a wulfen whose thrall to Sergej was broken by Dru; he's incredibly attached to her and his favorite word is "Bang".
We're led to believe that the djamphir Christophe Gogol Reynard is in love with Dru because he loved her mother and there is competition for her between Christophe and Graves. His father is Sergej.
Part of the rescue team includes the djamphirs Bruce ibn Allas and Hiro, and the wulfen Dibs and Shanks.
Sergej is the leader of the evil vampire faction who killed Dru's mother; he wants Dru for her blood and the ability that only the blood of a svetocha can provide. The Maharaj is a group of djinni who allies back and forth between Sergej and the djamphirs, depending upon which group is more powerful or more likely to win. Levant is the one who warns Dru and Christophe of the alliance although later in the book St. Crow says it was Leander who poisoned Dru. Maybe his name is Levant Leander??
Nathalie Skyrunner is Dru's personal bodyguard and a wulfen. Augustine "Augie" Dobrowski, a djamphir, is an old friend of Dru's dad and a member of the Order.
The Cover
The cover is ooh-so-spooky with Dru in her leather jacket with its Dracula-like collar and the ruching on the sleeves. Dru has an intent, rather mean look on her face.
The title is reasonable for Sergej does get the Reckoning he deserves. We musta been bad, 'cause we're still stuck with the idjit.
My Take
What is with this stupid girl!!???? I can understand not trusting people but even after she learns the truth, she still runs away. She's demonstrably incompetent in spite of her own opinions. Does she ever stop and think?? She is amazingly selfish. She always has to stop just before a battle or just before the bad guys show up to whine, whimper, and whinge about why. Why do I have to do this? Why do I have to get out of this room? Wh-y-i-n-e… There are times I want to help Sergej put her out of our misery.
There's the moment when Christophe claims that "Milady Dru is startlingly mature". By what standards?? Newborn puppies? The scene in the restaurant was just another stupid moment for Dru. She's being chased for her life, the bad guys are close behind, and she keeps drinking something that tastes nasty. At the least, ask for a fresh glass of Diet Coke!
She keeps leaving clothes and equipment behind as she runs and as soon as she gets to a stopping place, she buys more. 'Cause otherwise she won't have anything to leave behind when she has to run again. Her stupid actions in town at the grocery store. She does do well at the motel in Biloxi; a move that will have far-reaching consequences. And it's her loyalty and care for Graves that makes it possible for Graves' surviving each time.
What? She's just figuring it out that Gran had some idea of what/who Dru was?? Good thing Dru hasn't any plans to go to college---she'd be so depressed when they toss her for being stupid. I do enjoy the mental encouragements Dru receives from her memories of Dad and Gran. There's even a few from Mom.
Dru has bloomed. So, she doesn't figure that...maybe...other things may have changed about her abilities?? At least she does come to realize that she's a follower. She needs/wants someone to give her orders. Now if only she'd stay still long enough for people to order her about.
We do get some interesting truths from Graves and Ash has a nice revelation.
The Story
God forbid that Dru should stop running and, immediately after rescuing Graves from Sergej, she's off with Ash and Graves. Running for the first place anyone would think to look. Naturally, the vampires find her. Fortunately, Christophe finds her about the same time and the chase is on. [Well, fortunate for her, not so fortunate for us...'cause she's still alive...]
As they run for their next safe haven, they learn of a change in alliances just before they're attacked again and again leaving Dru on her own to make her way. Luckily for us, she's captured by Sergej (oops, did I say that??) and we finally achieve our denouement even as St. Crow sets us up with a whole new set of problems that could actually turn out okay in spite of the blood influence from Milady.
The Characters
Dru Anderson is svetocha and she's running away...again. This time with the newly-rescued Graves from Sergej's prison and the now-half Broken Ash.
Graves is a loup-garou Turned by Ash (when Ash was still under thrall to Sergej) and kidnapped and tortured by Sergej in Defiance. Ash is a wulfen whose thrall to Sergej was broken by Dru; he's incredibly attached to her and his favorite word is "Bang".
We're led to believe that the djamphir Christophe Gogol Reynard is in love with Dru because he loved her mother and there is competition for her between Christophe and Graves. His father is Sergej.
Part of the rescue team includes the djamphirs Bruce ibn Allas and Hiro, and the wulfen Dibs and Shanks.
Sergej is the leader of the evil vampire faction who killed Dru's mother; he wants Dru for her blood and the ability that only the blood of a svetocha can provide. The Maharaj is a group of djinni who allies back and forth between Sergej and the djamphirs, depending upon which group is more powerful or more likely to win. Levant is the one who warns Dru and Christophe of the alliance although later in the book St. Crow says it was Leander who poisoned Dru. Maybe his name is Levant Leander??
Nathalie Skyrunner is Dru's personal bodyguard and a wulfen. Augustine "Augie" Dobrowski, a djamphir, is an old friend of Dru's dad and a member of the Order.
The Cover
The cover is ooh-so-spooky with Dru in her leather jacket with its Dracula-like collar and the ruching on the sleeves. Dru has an intent, rather mean look on her face.
The title is reasonable for Sergej does get the Reckoning he deserves. We musta been bad, 'cause we're still stuck with the idjit.
kmcquage's review against another edition
5.0
SPOILERIFFIC
The stakes are high and the action is nonstop. Dru has always been mature, but in this book you do get to see her hitting the brink of adulthood, taking on as much responsibility as possible--with all the mistakes that come with that. By far my favorite aspect of the book though, is the complete lack of resolution in her love life.
Seriously, I hate it when paranormal books, especially the YA ones, go on and on about soul mates and eternal love. It makes me crazy. (Sidenote: the best part of the Dante series is how truly awful and abusive that true love relationship is. Miserable = Cynically delicious.) Dru acknowledges the crazy mixed up feelings for both Graves and Christophe, but at the end she isn't really with either. As a reader, I like to think I can imagine which way it all goes, but leaving it hanging is more realistic and shows a strong sense of plot priorities. The books are about Dru dealing with the villain who destroyed her family. They aren't about her love life. So the series stops when she kicks villainous ass, leaving a lot of minor loose ends up in the air.
I'm sure people are complaining about that, but I think knowing what's important and when to let go of a character are lacking in a lot of the series in the genre, and it makes St. Crow's writing strong.
The stakes are high and the action is nonstop. Dru has always been mature, but in this book you do get to see her hitting the brink of adulthood, taking on as much responsibility as possible--with all the mistakes that come with that. By far my favorite aspect of the book though, is the complete lack of resolution in her love life.
Seriously, I hate it when paranormal books, especially the YA ones, go on and on about soul mates and eternal love. It makes me crazy. (Sidenote: the best part of the Dante series is how truly awful and abusive that true love relationship is. Miserable = Cynically delicious.) Dru acknowledges the crazy mixed up feelings for both Graves and Christophe, but at the end she isn't really with either. As a reader, I like to think I can imagine which way it all goes, but leaving it hanging is more realistic and shows a strong sense of plot priorities. The books are about Dru dealing with the villain who destroyed her family. They aren't about her love life. So the series stops when she kicks villainous ass, leaving a lot of minor loose ends up in the air.
I'm sure people are complaining about that, but I think knowing what's important and when to let go of a character are lacking in a lot of the series in the genre, and it makes St. Crow's writing strong.
ec_newman's review against another edition
4.0
Much enjoyed this, although at times I wasn't sure what was going on. Could be the speed at which I read. I'm not sure what I think about Dru's decision at the end. Seems very open-ended and I was under the impression that this was the end of the series. I've checked and rechecked and it is the end of the series. Perhaps it's more like real life and nothing is forever and that's why the end is so open. I'll assume that.
Truly one of the better vamp teen series out there. Not sure they could make a movie of it. Not sure I'd want them too.
Truly one of the better vamp teen series out there. Not sure they could make a movie of it. Not sure I'd want them too.
sazana28's review against another edition
5.0
Omfg!!! This book is personally my favorite out of the entire series!eeeeeppp! I swear I totally love that Dru admitted she loves Graves. He totally deserves someone to love him. I swear he is the awesomest guy! Team Graves all the way! Haha! But yeah, this book was just too crazy, and definitely more action- packed than the others. ^-^ I just love it so much, and I am definitely glad that they don't have to worry about Sergej anymore, but I am extremely sure that there will be more. I so hope Lily St. Crow comes up with another series for this book because I do not want this to end! I am just totally on cloud nine with the whole Graves/Dru romance going on. I want to see them together like a real couple, not him going to wolf rehab, and them missing the heck out of each other. *sigh* Oh well, I just hope she writes another book or something, because their story cannot just end like this, darn it. But I have to say I am satisfied about where it left off. I just want it to continue... ^_^ *giggle*
miss_merna's review against another edition
2.0
I literally cannot find an accurate reason to why I read the entire Strange Angels series.
The series was suggested to me by someone who said it was similar to Vampire Academy. I haven’t been in contact with that certain person in quite a while, but If I was, I would suggest the most dreadful and terrible series ever to be published, and be absolutely sure this particular person reads it.
Oh wait, I’m able to summon up a reason. It was the love triangle. I desperately needed to know who Dru ended up with, and I also wanted to know what the heroine’s name (Dru) was short for.
So, I was basically expecting just two things from this book to be delivered. Of course, at the end she doesn’t end up with anyone and the author never tells us what Dru is short for.
The whole plot consisted of:
Dru running
Dru getting caught but escapes
Dru running
Dru getting caught but escapes
Dru running
Dru getting caught – Dru not escaping until 30-40 pages later. (The final not so epic battle)
And I’m not even exaggerating. It seriously happened three times in the book. She run and got caught three times. How the fuck did she even survive? The plot is predictable right from book one. We all know our little worthless (I don’t care if she’s physically strong, she's still worthless) heroine is going to defeat the big bad evil antagonist.
After, completing the book I felt robbed of time. I realized that in the entire book there were only boring action scenes – no precise storyline besides fighting, punching and exploding dynamites. It was like watching a dull movie just for the cool visual effects.
Save yourself the time and don’t read the complete series.
The series was suggested to me by someone who said it was similar to Vampire Academy. I haven’t been in contact with that certain person in quite a while, but If I was, I would suggest the most dreadful and terrible series ever to be published, and be absolutely sure this particular person reads it.
Oh wait, I’m able to summon up a reason. It was the love triangle. I desperately needed to know who Dru ended up with, and I also wanted to know what the heroine’s name (Dru) was short for.
So, I was basically expecting just two things from this book to be delivered. Of course, at the end she doesn’t end up with anyone and the author never tells us what Dru is short for.
The whole plot consisted of:
Dru running
Dru getting caught but escapes
Dru running
Dru getting caught but escapes
Dru running
Dru getting caught – Dru not escaping until 30-40 pages later. (The final not so epic battle)
And I’m not even exaggerating. It seriously happened three times in the book. She run and got caught three times. How the fuck did she even survive? The plot is predictable right from book one. We all know our little worthless (I don’t care if she’s physically strong, she's still worthless) heroine is going to defeat the big bad evil antagonist.
After, completing the book I felt robbed of time. I realized that in the entire book there were only boring action scenes – no precise storyline besides fighting, punching and exploding dynamites. It was like watching a dull movie just for the cool visual effects.
Save yourself the time and don’t read the complete series.
katyanaish's review against another edition
3.0
Well, huh.
Let's start with this: I enjoyed this series a lot.
It was a good, fast read. I liked the world, I loved the characters, I was fascinated by the powers.
But as a series finale, I thought this sucked.
Let's go through the reasons.
There was suspicion, throughout the last few books, that Dru could do things that other svetocha could not. And that was cool - I liked learning about her world alongside her. But now that we've finally got some confirmation on that, and some indication of why... I don't understand why that was totally unexplored. It feels like this is info that should have been given before the last book (or, the last quarter of the last book), so that we could dig in. It was a doorway into a whole other branch of this world (the Maharaj), and it was spit out and summarily dropped like a hot rock, for all intents and purposes. That's ridiculous.
2. The love triangle - wtf?
I'm sure other people have written about this to death in reviews, so I'm just going to offer a brief echo here. Firstly, generally speaking, I hate love triangles. It didn't bother me much in this series, though, and that was because it didn't feel very triangle-y to me. You had the boy Dru liked, but who didn't really seem to like her back - Graves. Because let's be honest, here. His hot/cold shit was annoying. His "don't leave without me" but then utter disregard when she begged him to leave was even more annoying. I like Graves as a character, and as a friend, but I thought he was shit as a love interest. From the moment he got to the Schola, he seemed to only have a little bit of interest/attention to spare for Dru - he was having a great time at the reform Schola, and literally gave no shits that she was not only miserable, but was also not even being taught.
Conversely, Christophe... was annoying in that he didn't always share info with her, but undoubtedly was always on her side, and would always be there when she needed him. It was heartbreaking, how underappreciated he was. How much Dru undervalued him. As Graves became ... well, frankly, not only less and less reliable in the latter half of the series, but also less and less likable (the hot/cold and the disregard for her is just, for me, unforgivable)... I felt like the author was steering the readers toward Christophe pretty clearly. Because he was ALWAYS reliable, ALWAYS selfless when it came to his care for Dru. Always attentive, always put her first. I guess I just didn't even see how it was a dilemma, in terms of who to choose.
And then, nothing. It's like the author... I don't know. Copped out. That's honestly how it feels. To such a degree that I'm surprised she didn't write more books in this series, because not only is this unfinished, but point 1 above... is such a big, untouched thing just begging to be explored.
3. Other unfinished business
There were plenty of other threads in this series that are just outright left undone. How about the horrid racism towards the Wulfen? It sounds like Anna did a lot to worsen that situation. If Dru is going to be a leader, why isn't addressing that the top of her list? She just seems to accept it as the way things are, and that's gross to me.
Ash. Why was he bound to her like that? He could find her anywhere, any time, and even Christophe wondered why, in this book. Can we get some digging in to that? And how about Broken as a whole? Dru seemed to be able to fix them, when no one else has ever had any success with that (according to the wulfen, anyway). Why? This seems to be an important element in the series - lots of time was devoted to her doing that, both with Ash and then (seemingly) with Graves. Vague hand-waving as to how or why doesn't cut it, not for your series finale.
What the hell happened to her touch? It has been a reliable vehicle of intuition, and well handled throughout the entire series, but here it just disappears, and again, all we get is some vague hand-waving as to why.
Anna. Why does Anna seem to remain a constant presence in her head - even able to take control, to some degree - when that's not the case for others that Dru has drank? And also, the drinking... it was pretty clearly laid out that Anna was doing something bad as she forced Dru to drink from her. She was cursing Christophe, saying he "deserves it" ... So what did she do that was bad? And what ended up happening to Anna, anyway?
Why only 3 "pulls" when you're drinking someone? What happens if there's more? And Leon was bonded with a svetocha. How does that happen? Why?
So many threads just left dangling.
I've gotta say, it feels to me like the author had intended this series to move beyond this book, and then for whatever reason, it didn't happen.
I can't rate this lower than 3 stars, despite all the problems above, because I really did enjoy the series. And I really enjoyed Dru. I think she's a good, complex, well-rounded character, and I think the author hit a wonderful delicate balance of having her be self-sufficient and capable, while still needing people and making occasional mistakes ... and I didn't feel like any of the mistakes she made were of the TSTL variety (which is great, that stuff drives me bonkers). Most of them were either rooted in betrayal - someone she trusted giving her wrong information - or just something about the bigger picture that the readers could see while Dru just didn't have the information to see (for example, readers were given clarity on her visions, while in the narrative it was clear that Dru didn't retain them very well ... we can't blame her for decisions when we've had clear info given to us in those visions that she hasn't been able to remember).
Glad I read the series. Mostly just wish it was going on for a couple more books, so we could dig into the stuff behind the spoiler tags...
Let's start with this: I enjoyed this series a lot.
It was a good, fast read. I liked the world, I loved the characters, I was fascinated by the powers.
But as a series finale, I thought this sucked.
Let's go through the reasons.
Spoiler
1. Dru's abilities - gimme more info, please!There was suspicion, throughout the last few books, that Dru could do things that other svetocha could not. And that was cool - I liked learning about her world alongside her. But now that we've finally got some confirmation on that, and some indication of why... I don't understand why that was totally unexplored. It feels like this is info that should have been given before the last book (or, the last quarter of the last book), so that we could dig in. It was a doorway into a whole other branch of this world (the Maharaj), and it was spit out and summarily dropped like a hot rock, for all intents and purposes. That's ridiculous.
2. The love triangle - wtf?
I'm sure other people have written about this to death in reviews, so I'm just going to offer a brief echo here. Firstly, generally speaking, I hate love triangles. It didn't bother me much in this series, though, and that was because it didn't feel very triangle-y to me. You had the boy Dru liked, but who didn't really seem to like her back - Graves. Because let's be honest, here. His hot/cold shit was annoying. His "don't leave without me" but then utter disregard when she begged him to leave was even more annoying. I like Graves as a character, and as a friend, but I thought he was shit as a love interest. From the moment he got to the Schola, he seemed to only have a little bit of interest/attention to spare for Dru - he was having a great time at the reform Schola, and literally gave no shits that she was not only miserable, but was also not even being taught.
Conversely, Christophe... was annoying in that he didn't always share info with her, but undoubtedly was always on her side, and would always be there when she needed him. It was heartbreaking, how underappreciated he was. How much Dru undervalued him. As Graves became ... well, frankly, not only less and less reliable in the latter half of the series, but also less and less likable (the hot/cold and the disregard for her is just, for me, unforgivable)... I felt like the author was steering the readers toward Christophe pretty clearly. Because he was ALWAYS reliable, ALWAYS selfless when it came to his care for Dru. Always attentive, always put her first. I guess I just didn't even see how it was a dilemma, in terms of who to choose.
And then, nothing. It's like the author... I don't know. Copped out. That's honestly how it feels. To such a degree that I'm surprised she didn't write more books in this series, because not only is this unfinished, but point 1 above... is such a big, untouched thing just begging to be explored.
3. Other unfinished business
There were plenty of other threads in this series that are just outright left undone. How about the horrid racism towards the Wulfen? It sounds like Anna did a lot to worsen that situation. If Dru is going to be a leader, why isn't addressing that the top of her list? She just seems to accept it as the way things are, and that's gross to me.
Ash. Why was he bound to her like that? He could find her anywhere, any time, and even Christophe wondered why, in this book. Can we get some digging in to that? And how about Broken as a whole? Dru seemed to be able to fix them, when no one else has ever had any success with that (according to the wulfen, anyway). Why? This seems to be an important element in the series - lots of time was devoted to her doing that, both with Ash and then (seemingly) with Graves. Vague hand-waving as to how or why doesn't cut it, not for your series finale.
What the hell happened to her touch? It has been a reliable vehicle of intuition, and well handled throughout the entire series, but here it just disappears, and again, all we get is some vague hand-waving as to why.
Anna. Why does Anna seem to remain a constant presence in her head - even able to take control, to some degree - when that's not the case for others that Dru has drank? And also, the drinking... it was pretty clearly laid out that Anna was doing something bad as she forced Dru to drink from her. She was cursing Christophe, saying he "deserves it" ... So what did she do that was bad? And what ended up happening to Anna, anyway?
Why only 3 "pulls" when you're drinking someone? What happens if there's more? And Leon was bonded with a svetocha. How does that happen? Why?
So many threads just left dangling.
I've gotta say, it feels to me like the author had intended this series to move beyond this book, and then for whatever reason, it didn't happen.
I can't rate this lower than 3 stars, despite all the problems above, because I really did enjoy the series. And I really enjoyed Dru. I think she's a good, complex, well-rounded character, and I think the author hit a wonderful delicate balance of having her be self-sufficient and capable, while still needing people and making occasional mistakes ... and I didn't feel like any of the mistakes she made were of the TSTL variety (which is great, that stuff drives me bonkers). Most of them were either rooted in betrayal - someone she trusted giving her wrong information - or just something about the bigger picture that the readers could see while Dru just didn't have the information to see (for example, readers were given clarity on her visions, while in the narrative it was clear that Dru didn't retain them very well ... we can't blame her for decisions when we've had clear info given to us in those visions that she hasn't been able to remember).
Glad I read the series. Mostly just wish it was going on for a couple more books, so we could dig into the stuff behind the spoiler tags...
redentrapy's review against another edition
4.0
The beginning of this book was beyond slow. I almost stopped reading it all together. Not much happens there's a lot of fighting amongst friends and Dru is whiny, and poor-me-poor-me through most of it. About half way through the action starts and then never stops and it gets so good you just can't put it down. One thing happens and like 2 pages later something completely different but just as shocking happens. The last 100 pages Dru finally gets a backbone and man oh man is that bad news for the vamps. She decides enough is enough and leaves carnage and destruction in her wake. You also find out more about both her and Graves' pasts and families. You learn more about who and what her grandmother was, which was something that side clocked me. I was so net expecting that. The ending was great and the characters grew and changed right before your eyes. You could relate to all of them and couldn't help but love them even the bitch Anna. Sergej is just so creepy he makes the perfect bad guy and I'm going to have nightmares about him for days after this. Great ending to a great series. I hope Lili St. Crow comes out with another good one.
rachelmfcoles's review against another edition
5.0
after non-stop action and three and a half hours of reading I can't decide if I loved or hated the ending. I do appreciate that the author didn't make Dru choose but... I feel like she kinda avoided dissappointing readers by leaving that end untied. eh. the series is amazing.