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2.92 AVERAGE
2.92 AVERAGE
A good conclusion to one of my favorite series. It felt a little long in some parts, like nothing was happening but it went on forever. In the scenes that were big and dramatic, it felt short and rushed to me. I wished the ending was a little more gut wrenching. I like to be in the trenches with the characters and I just didn't get that feeling. Overall, I did enjoy reading this.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a painful wrapup. So many lies and secrets all over the place and our heroes had to give up so much. I loved this series a lot.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is honestly my least favorite of the series. Celine's charecter is so annoying the whole time. I love Sebastian and some of the moral dilemmas, but sometimes I just wanted to shake Celine so much. As a fan of the "strong female protagonist" type I felt the way she was treated was poorly done.
The ending did not feel like the ending of a four book series, everything felt wrapped up too quickly.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Kind of underwhelmed by this ending, it felt like further editing or refinement could have made the overall direction the story went more effective.
THE most disappointing ending to a series I have ever read. I will disregard this entire book and just pretend it ended after The Righteous.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book has a low star rating here, but I knew from the title Ahdieh was not going to be pulling punches in this final installment of The Beautiful Quartet...
Holy s*** things have gotten WILD since our first introduction to Sebastian St Germain and Celine Rousseau. And the ending is perhaps not what one is used to seeing in YA Fantasy. There's resolution. There's extreme stuff. But I can see where perhaps the fandom feels let down/betrayed??/ by the author's choices - but to that I also say, one shouldn't write their books in service of the fans!! The conclusion to this series is somber. It's a tragedy, as many stories with vampires and werewolves and humans are.
The one thing that was a bit odd to me was that originally the books were presented as 1 & 2 being Celine's duology and 3 & 4 being Pippa's, and while The Ruined does combine and tie up the loose ends, it is Celine and Bastian's story again. I do think you can read just books 1 & 2 and be content.
But let the title guide you on how this story is going to go.... for everyone.
Holy s*** things have gotten WILD since our first introduction to Sebastian St Germain and Celine Rousseau. And the ending is perhaps not what one is used to seeing in YA Fantasy. There's resolution. There's extreme stuff. But I can see where perhaps the fandom feels let down/betrayed??/ by the author's choices - but to that I also say, one shouldn't write their books in service of the fans!! The conclusion to this series is somber. It's a tragedy, as many stories with vampires and werewolves and humans are.
The one thing that was a bit odd to me was that originally the books were presented as 1 & 2 being Celine's duology and 3 & 4 being Pippa's, and while The Ruined does combine and tie up the loose ends, it is Celine and Bastian's story again. I do think you can read just books 1 & 2 and be content.
But let the title guide you on how this story is going to go.... for everyone.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced