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duvyna's review against another edition
2.0
Arrrgh, I liked the first two in the series but this was a lot slower and really frustrating! It’s like Lia became a thoughtless idiot who wants to rush headlong into danger and Rafe gets the shaft at every turn; that is just the tip of the iceberg…
may2020's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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
5.0
sydnic00's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
fateandthings's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
gigamight's review against another edition
1.0
It could’ve been so much better, there was potential unexplored.
Now that I think about it, I liked the dynamic Komizar had with the rest of the characters in Book 2. I feel like he brought out the worst in everyone and that made the series so much more dramatic. And that’s exactly what was lacking in this book. He barely shows up. And whatever ‘screentime’ he gets at the end was so underwhelming! All that built up felt like for nothing. His demise was not properly fleshed out. And honestly, not much happens throughout the book either. I was bored out of my mind, and then cringing at bits here and there.
This could’ve been better. But *sigh*
Now that I think about it, I liked the dynamic Komizar had with the rest of the characters in Book 2. I feel like he brought out the worst in everyone and that made the series so much more dramatic. And that’s exactly what was lacking in this book. He barely shows up. And whatever ‘screentime’ he gets at the end was so underwhelming! All that built up felt like for nothing. His demise was not properly fleshed out. And honestly, not much happens throughout the book either. I was bored out of my mind, and then cringing at bits here and there.
This could’ve been better. But *sigh*
boutofbibliophilia's review against another edition
adventurous
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
4.25
megantoso13's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
choloebeatsgoku's review against another edition
5.0
Summary: MY FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE SERIES HANDS DOWN. I LOVED THIS BOOK
Lets start with that sexy SEXY world building. Dude i think mary had a gun to her head writing the world building cause she was writing this stuff like her LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. BEAAAAUTIFULLY written. I loved how we looked into every kingdom in each book, book 1 morrighan, book 2 venda, book 3 dalbreck. I really loved dalbrecks outposts and stuff and wish we saw more of it!!! I would love to see more of the culture and it definitely seemed like the more developed and richer country out of the three. I LOVED everyone from dalbreck well….. OTHER THAN THE SEXISTS. AND THE POLITICS IN THIS BOOK?!?! THE NEED FOR THE THRONE AND FOR RAFE AND LIA TO FINALLY DECLARE THEMSELVES AND BE OFFICIAL AS ROYALS, AGHHH!!! I LOVED THE POLITCS (and how it strained their relationship) LIKE IT WASNT THE KOMIZAR OR WHAT NOT THAT TORE THEM APART ITS WAS EACH OTHER!! LIKE OK LALA LAND LMAOAOAOA. Anyway This also brings me to the matter of the gaudrel and her family, dude UGH!!!! WE GET TO SEE ALL OF EM HERE AND STUFF, SOOO INTERESTING. I LOVED HOW IN THE END THEY ALL BONDED WITH LIA. LIKE AT THE END WHERE SHE WAS CALLING OUT ON THE BLUFF WITH THE FAMILY, so sick. AND LIA GETTING HER OWN BOOK?!?!?!?!??!! WHAT!!!!!!! I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW SONG OF JEZELIA LIKE OH MY GOD.
The storyline, the pacing was great tbh, like There are some complaints about rafe and lias fight on leaving being too long but damn it was a really complicated issue! Like I liked it being that long, i wouldnt expect it to be quick anyway and the drama was so juicy. Anyway a complaint I have though are the convenient deaths and lifes. Like youre telling me rafes parents BOTH died and Lias dad was sick too AT THE SAME TIME? AND ALSO THE FACT THAT BOTH BROTHERS CONVIENTLY LIVED. Idk one of them shouldve died tbh LMAO. Anyway I didnt like that but eh whatever not that big of a issue IMO.
RAFE… LITERALLY MY KING MY MAAAN. ZUDE HE ABOSLUTLEY ATE UP THIS BOOK AND WAS ONE OF THE BEST FUCKING CHARCATERS HERE. I LOVED how mary wrote Rafe in this book, in 1-2 you see him all I WOULD DIE FOR YOU RAAAAAAH I LOVE YOU IM SO KIND AND NICE AND SWEET IM LIKE PEETA BUT OLDER AND NOT A WIMP!!! AND HE PLAYS 2 ROLES, FARMER IN THE FIRST BOOK AND EMISSARY IN THE SECOND BUT THIS BOOK ITS LIKE.. HIM HIM. AND I JUST LOOOVED SEEING HIM SO STRESSED OUT. LIKE DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE DAT MAN BUT DUDE SEEING HIM STRESSED OUT AND AGITATED WAS LIKE A NEW RAFE U KNOW?? LIKE OK POKEMON WE CAUGHT A NEW ONE. ANYWAY HIM AS A KING, HE WAS A MESS AND I LOVED IT, RIGHTFULLY SO HIS KINGDOM IS IN SHAMBLES BUT IT WAS INTERESTING THE CHOICES HE HAD TO MAKE. BE WITH LIA FOR LOVE OR THE GENERALS DAUGHTER FOR THE THRONE, LET LIA GO AND HER TO DIE OR FORCE HER TO STAY AND LIVE, BRING HIS ARMY TO MORRIGHANS FIGHT OR NOT. GOD THIS MAN!! SO STRESSED OUT AND SOOO AMAZING! AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE HIM ALMOST PARRELLELING THE KOMIZAR?? BY LOCKING LIA UP LIKE SHE JUST GOT OUT OF VENDA AFTER THE KOMIZAR LOCKED HER UP AND CONTROLLED HER PUH LEASE. BUT LIKE OBV HES WAYYYY BETTER THAN THE KOMIZAR BUT RAFE WAS SHITTY FOR THAT!! I MEAN RIGHTFULLY SO BUT STILL LET HER LIVE DAH DAMN! ANYWAY I JUST LOVE IN THIS BOOK TO SEE HOW HE REACTS UNDER STRESS, PRESSURE, AND THE STRAINS IN RELATIONSHIPS!! I ABSOLUTLEY AAADORED EVERY CHAPTER HE WAS IN HE WAS GIVING ALL OF HIS POTENTIAL LIKE GOD! I LOVE THIS MAN!
KADEN, AMEN LOVE OF MY LIFE TOO. HERE WE GET TO SEE HIM FIGURING OUT HIS IDENTITY AS WELL AS SOLIDIFYING IT, CREATING HIMSELF TO BE FULLY REDEEMED!! YAAAY!! HIS STRUGGLE WITH IDENTITY AS WELL AS OTHERS ACCEPTING HIM AFTER ALL THAT HES DONE.. AND TRUST HES DONE A LOT. LMAOAOAO. ANYWAY I LOVED SEEING HIM CHOOSE THE GOOD SIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL YAY! BUT ALSO HE ALWAYS WILL HAVE THAT GLIMPSE OF THE ASSASSIN IN HIM, LIKE HIS REVENGE ON HIS DAD BLAH BLAH. I THINK THAT VENGENCE THOUGH TOTALLY VALID, IT WAS A BIT FEULED BY HIM BEING AN ASSASIN CAUSE YES A PERSON CAN FUCK UP UR LIFE BUT KADENS LIKE MURDER!!!! LIKE GAH DAMN! ANYWAY I LOVED HIM AND PAULINE AND HIM AND RAFE JUST HIM TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS AND BE LIKE IM GOOD NOW!! AFTER FUCKING EVERYONES LIFE UP LMAOOA PROPS FOR LIA FOR CONSTANTLY SAVING HIS ASS FROM EVERYONE HATING HIM. AMEN LIA IS SO REAL FOR THAT ONE. I LOVE HOW THEY BONDED OVER THEIR LOVE FOR VENDA OMG AND THEM BOTH SAYING PAVIAMMA AT THE DINNER TABLE LIKE THAT WAS SOO CUTE ANYWAY I JUST LOVED KADEN, HOW HES COLD BUT LIKE AWKWARD LMAO HES SOO AWKWARD SOMETIMES ITS SO FUNNY. AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS LIKE A MIDDLE GROUND IN A LOT OF RAFE AND LIAS FIGHTS, AS A NEGOTIATOR OR COMMUNICATOR FOR EITHER OR SIDES. LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT! AND HIM AND PAULINE??? WHO WOULDVE GUESSED DEF NOT ME. I THINK IT WAS A BITTT RUSHED BUT NOT CRAZY RUSHED (but honestly i found the scene where he punches mikeal so cringe like wtf are u doing this had nothing to do with you wtf..) ANYWAY BUT I THOUGH PAULINE AND KADEN WERE SO CUTE LIKE AWWGWHWWWHHH THEM BOTH BEING KIND AND SWEET AND THEIR CHEMISTRY AND HIM CONSTANTLY APOLOGIZING RANDOMLY IS SO CUTEE. THEY WERE SOOO SOSOSOSO ADORABLE TOGETHER. AND SO SWEET AT THE END IM SO HAPPY FOR THEM. I ALSO LOVED THAT IN THE END PART KADEN BEING THE ASSASSIN WAS SEEN NOT AS A BAD THING BUT AS A ALMOST CERTIFIER OF VENDAN KNOWLEDGE IN MORRIGHAN?? U KNOW?? LOVED THAT. CAUSE IT DOESNT DEMINISH THAT HE TRULY TRUUULY IS VENDAN NOT MORIGHAN, LIKE UGH WHEN ONE OF THE PPL WERE LIKE “oh hes from morrighan!” like NO STFU LOL ANYWAY 10/10 MY MAAN MY MAN MY SWEET SWEET MAN. LOVED HIM
Lia.. MY QUEEN!!! SHE ACTUALLY FUCKING ROCKED IN THIS BOOK. SHE WAS SO, WAR WAR RAGH!! IN THIS BOOK AND I ATE IT UPPP!!!! SHE WAS I BELIEVE HONESTLY REALLY MATURE IN THIS BOOK?? MOST OF THE THINGS AND DECISIONS SHE MADE I FEEL WERE PRETTY VALID FOR THE MOST PART. HER STUBBORNESS REALLY COMES TO SHOW WHEN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS DOUBTING HER GIFT AND I LOVE IT, SHE STANDS UP FOR WHATS RIGHT (and vendan culture hehe) LIKE SHE HAS A GUN TO HER HEAD. I LOVE HOW STRONG WILLED SHE IS AND OH MY GOD. I LOVE HOW DEPRESSED SHE IS. AS WEIRD AS IT SOUNDS ITS REALLY FUCKING INTERESTING TO HEAR HER INNER THOUGHTS, HER BREAKDOWNS, HER GUILT ETC. HER PERSONALITY COMPARED TO THE FIRST BOOK??? SOOO DIFFERENT BUT THE SERIES WAS ABLE TO MAKE SUCH A SMOOTH TRANSITION ON THAT PART LIKE UGH EAT. ANYWAY I ALSO H MY GODDDD!! NOW THAT THEY WERE OUT OF VENDA HER GUILT FOR USING KADEN AND PLAYING WITH HIM BASICALLY RUINING HIS LIFE LMAO AS MUCH AS SHE DID WAS SOO SATISFYING, LIKE YEAAAH YOU FEEL GUILTY ABOUT USING HIM BITCH LOL. I FEEL LIKE NOW THAT THEIR OUT OF VENDA SHE LIKE GOT OUT OF THE HAZE IN HER BRAIN AND WAS LIKE… Damn… I SUCK! LIKE YEAH BITCH YOU DO, DA FAWK??! ANYWAY I LOVED HER AND HER STRONG ASS SHE ABSOLUTLEY ATE AND ROCK. but i hate the scenes where someone sexist approachs her and shes like “heh.. Boys!” and rafe and kaden like beat em up or something and lia is like “thats what you get for messing with me! Im a girlboss haha!” like SHUT THE FCK AAAAPP. IT WAS SO CRINGE AND LIA BARLEY DOES ANYTHING IN TJOSE SCENES SHE JUST SAYS SOMETHING WITTY AND RAFE AND KADEN BEAT EM UP LIKE GOD KADEN U HAVE A GIRL STAND UP! LMAOAOAOA ANYWAY THATS MY ONLY COMPLAINT CRINGE WISE
SIDE NOTE: love the guilt rafe, and lia both had after leaving venda basically half dead, so fun to read
Side characters. GUYYYSS!! SVEN ROCKED IN THIS BOOK!!! HIM AND RAFE BUTTING HEADS WAS SO DAD AND SON I LOVED IT! HE WAS LIKE TBH THE ONLY ADULT HERE, CAUSE YEAH KADEN AND RAFE ARE ADULTS BUT YALL BOTH ACT LIAS AGE TBH… ANYWAY I LOVED LOVED LOVED SVEN HE WAS SO AMAZING SLAY EAT WHATEVER! JEB.. MY HUSBAAAAAND! I SWEAR EACH TIME HE CAME UP TAKE MY BREATH AWAY BY BERLIN WOULD START PLAYING LMAOAOA. HES SUCH A BROTHER TO BOTH LIA AND RAFE AND HE WAS SO KIND AND COCKY LMAOAO I LOVED HIS PERSONALITY HES SO CHARMING YOU GUYSSSS!!! IN GENERAL I LOVED RAFES GANG THEY WERE SO AMAZING AND WERE AMAZING MIDDLE GROUNDS WHENEVER RAFE HAD ISSUES. THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT OPINIONS BASED ON THEIR EXPIRENCES AND SUCH AND I LOVED THAT THEY DIDNT JUST TAKE RAFES SIDE LIKE SOME LAP DOG! EVEN SVEN WHEN RAFE COULDNT SAY WHY HE WAS BETROTHED SVEN HELPED LIA UNDERSTAND RAFES SIDE CAUSE RAFE WAS BUSY BEINGA KETTLE AND FUMING EACH TIME HE TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING WITH HER LOL! LOVED THEM. PAULINE, AGAIN IM NOT REALLY LIKE IN LOVE WITH PAULINE SHES AMAZING BUT LIKE EH. SORRY. BUT I LOVED HER GETTING MAD AT LIA FOR LYING ABOUT MIKEAL LIKE PERIOD BITCH!! AND SAME WITH HER YELLING AT MIKEAL JUST YELLING IN GENERAL! LOVED IT! It was interesting to see how MAD she was at kaden like this bitch wont even let her TOUCH him and look at them now, kissing in venda AWW YOU GUYS!! TRUE LOVE! LMAOAOA. ANYWAY BUT OVERALL, I LIKED PAULINE BETTER THAN THE REST OF THE BOOKS, I UNDERSTOOD HER AS SHE WAS PROBABLY THE LEAST CATCHED UP IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED LOL. NATIYA AGHHH POOR NATIYA SHE WAS LIKE LIA, REALLY REMINDS ME OF EREN AND GABI IN AOT. NATIYA WANTED TO FIGHT SO BADLY BUT LIA KEPT BEING LIKE NOOOO!! EVEN THOUGH… RAFE WAS DOING THE SAME TO LIA LMAOAOAO LIKE BE FR LIA COME ON! BUT I UNDERSTOOD. IM GLAD LIA COULD INCORPORATE NATIYA SOMEHOW IN THE WAR WITHOUT GETTING HER IN DANGER, CAUSE THIS BITCH WANTED TO FIGHT SOO BAD LIKE OK MINI ME! ANYWAY LOVED HER AS ALWAYYSSS!!! EBEN WAS ALSO GREAT, SO CUTE AND I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM. HES LUCKY HE HAD GRIZ WITH HIM WHEN THEY WALKED ALL THE WAY TO MORRIGHAN. ANYWAY LOVED GRIZ TOO EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A SMALL PERCENT OF THE BOOK. OVERALL ENJOYED THE SIDE CHARACTERS
THE VILLAINS, I WOULDVE LOVED TO SEE MORE KOMIZAR! But alas “its the things we love the most, that destroy us” isnt that right rafe. THE SCHOLAR NOT BEING A VILLAIN?? WHAAAT!! I THINK WE SHOULDVE SPENT MORE TIME WITH THE VILLAINS BUT HEY! WHATEVER! NO BIGGIE TBH.
THE ENDING!!! I HONESTLY.. I KNOW MY HUSBAND (jeb) DIED, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I SCREAMED AT THAT PART SO LOUD IT WOKE UP MY GRANDMA. BUT AAAAAALL IM SAYING IS THAT IT COULDVE BEEN MORE TRAGIC! LIKE I READ DANCE OF THIEVES AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE BOOK ENDS TOO SMOOTHLY, LIKE COME ON THE BROTHERS DIDNT DIE, THE PARENTS DIDNT DIE. COME ON!!! I THINK WE SHOULDVE HAD A BIT MORE, ALSO THE MELON SCENE THOUGH AWGHHHWGWH BUT I WOULDVE LIKED IT TO END IN MORE OF A BANG SINCE THIS IS THE FINAL BOOK, AH OH WELL.
Overall GREAT book BEST book in the series I LOVED IT. BEST USE OF THE MAIN 3 IN ANY OF THE BOOKS AND BEST USE OF THE SIDE CHARACTERS, amazing worldbuilding and politics and best turmoil in MY HUMBLE OPINION. But couldve had a better ending (i love devastation) BUT 100000000/10 IN MY OPINION AND HONESTLY.. THIS SERIES TOPPED MY FAVOURITE SERIES BY A LANDSLIDE ITS EMBARRASING. LIKE THIS FUCKING SERIES!! IM GONNA MISS MY BABIES!! I READ DANCE OF THIEVES ALREADY BUT I HATED IT HENCE WHY I STARTED THIS SERIES. IM GONNA READ MORRIGHAN THEN GO BACK TO DANCE OF THIEVES AND SEE IF I LIKE IT MORE (i definitely will, however said read dance of thieves as a standalone, sleep with one eye open nasty bitch! LMAO) THEN IM GONNA READ VOW OF THIEVES CAUSE GIRL!! THIS SERIES GOT ME LOCKED THE FUCK IN IVE NEVER READ BOOKS THIS FAST! MARY E PEARSON WRITES PSYCHOLOGY AND LORE LIKE A GOD UP ABOVE!! GOD BLESS HER ON MY SOUL!! THE REMNANT CHRONICLES WAS THE BEST BOOK SERIES IVE EVER READ!!!!
If you read this whole thing le pavias ena babes <3
Lets start with that sexy SEXY world building. Dude i think mary had a gun to her head writing the world building cause she was writing this stuff like her LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. BEAAAAUTIFULLY written. I loved how we looked into every kingdom in each book, book 1 morrighan, book 2 venda, book 3 dalbreck. I really loved dalbrecks outposts and stuff and wish we saw more of it!!! I would love to see more of the culture and it definitely seemed like the more developed and richer country out of the three. I LOVED everyone from dalbreck well….. OTHER THAN THE SEXISTS. AND THE POLITICS IN THIS BOOK?!?! THE NEED FOR THE THRONE AND FOR RAFE AND LIA TO FINALLY DECLARE THEMSELVES AND BE OFFICIAL AS ROYALS, AGHHH!!! I LOVED THE POLITCS (and how it strained their relationship) LIKE IT WASNT THE KOMIZAR OR WHAT NOT THAT TORE THEM APART ITS WAS EACH OTHER!! LIKE OK LALA LAND LMAOAOAOA. Anyway This also brings me to the matter of the gaudrel and her family, dude UGH!!!! WE GET TO SEE ALL OF EM HERE AND STUFF, SOOO INTERESTING. I LOVED HOW IN THE END THEY ALL BONDED WITH LIA. LIKE AT THE END WHERE SHE WAS CALLING OUT ON THE BLUFF WITH THE FAMILY, so sick. AND LIA GETTING HER OWN BOOK?!?!?!?!??!! WHAT!!!!!!! I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW SONG OF JEZELIA LIKE OH MY GOD.
The storyline, the pacing was great tbh, like There are some complaints about rafe and lias fight on leaving being too long but damn it was a really complicated issue! Like I liked it being that long, i wouldnt expect it to be quick anyway and the drama was so juicy. Anyway a complaint I have though are the convenient deaths and lifes. Like youre telling me rafes parents BOTH died and Lias dad was sick too AT THE SAME TIME? AND ALSO THE FACT THAT BOTH BROTHERS CONVIENTLY LIVED. Idk one of them shouldve died tbh LMAO. Anyway I didnt like that but eh whatever not that big of a issue IMO.
RAFE… LITERALLY MY KING MY MAAAN. ZUDE HE ABOSLUTLEY ATE UP THIS BOOK AND WAS ONE OF THE BEST FUCKING CHARCATERS HERE. I LOVED how mary wrote Rafe in this book, in 1-2 you see him all I WOULD DIE FOR YOU RAAAAAAH I LOVE YOU IM SO KIND AND NICE AND SWEET IM LIKE PEETA BUT OLDER AND NOT A WIMP!!! AND HE PLAYS 2 ROLES, FARMER IN THE FIRST BOOK AND EMISSARY IN THE SECOND BUT THIS BOOK ITS LIKE.. HIM HIM. AND I JUST LOOOVED SEEING HIM SO STRESSED OUT. LIKE DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE DAT MAN BUT DUDE SEEING HIM STRESSED OUT AND AGITATED WAS LIKE A NEW RAFE U KNOW?? LIKE OK POKEMON WE CAUGHT A NEW ONE. ANYWAY HIM AS A KING, HE WAS A MESS AND I LOVED IT, RIGHTFULLY SO HIS KINGDOM IS IN SHAMBLES BUT IT WAS INTERESTING THE CHOICES HE HAD TO MAKE. BE WITH LIA FOR LOVE OR THE GENERALS DAUGHTER FOR THE THRONE, LET LIA GO AND HER TO DIE OR FORCE HER TO STAY AND LIVE, BRING HIS ARMY TO MORRIGHANS FIGHT OR NOT. GOD THIS MAN!! SO STRESSED OUT AND SOOO AMAZING! AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE HIM ALMOST PARRELLELING THE KOMIZAR?? BY LOCKING LIA UP LIKE SHE JUST GOT OUT OF VENDA AFTER THE KOMIZAR LOCKED HER UP AND CONTROLLED HER PUH LEASE. BUT LIKE OBV HES WAYYYY BETTER THAN THE KOMIZAR BUT RAFE WAS SHITTY FOR THAT!! I MEAN RIGHTFULLY SO BUT STILL LET HER LIVE DAH DAMN! ANYWAY I JUST LOVE IN THIS BOOK TO SEE HOW HE REACTS UNDER STRESS, PRESSURE, AND THE STRAINS IN RELATIONSHIPS!! I ABSOLUTLEY AAADORED EVERY CHAPTER HE WAS IN HE WAS GIVING ALL OF HIS POTENTIAL LIKE GOD! I LOVE THIS MAN!
KADEN, AMEN LOVE OF MY LIFE TOO. HERE WE GET TO SEE HIM FIGURING OUT HIS IDENTITY AS WELL AS SOLIDIFYING IT, CREATING HIMSELF TO BE FULLY REDEEMED!! YAAAY!! HIS STRUGGLE WITH IDENTITY AS WELL AS OTHERS ACCEPTING HIM AFTER ALL THAT HES DONE.. AND TRUST HES DONE A LOT. LMAOAOAO. ANYWAY I LOVED SEEING HIM CHOOSE THE GOOD SIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL YAY! BUT ALSO HE ALWAYS WILL HAVE THAT GLIMPSE OF THE ASSASSIN IN HIM, LIKE HIS REVENGE ON HIS DAD BLAH BLAH. I THINK THAT VENGENCE THOUGH TOTALLY VALID, IT WAS A BIT FEULED BY HIM BEING AN ASSASIN CAUSE YES A PERSON CAN FUCK UP UR LIFE BUT KADENS LIKE MURDER!!!! LIKE GAH DAMN! ANYWAY I LOVED HIM AND PAULINE AND HIM AND RAFE JUST HIM TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS AND BE LIKE IM GOOD NOW!! AFTER FUCKING EVERYONES LIFE UP LMAOOA PROPS FOR LIA FOR CONSTANTLY SAVING HIS ASS FROM EVERYONE HATING HIM. AMEN LIA IS SO REAL FOR THAT ONE. I LOVE HOW THEY BONDED OVER THEIR LOVE FOR VENDA OMG AND THEM BOTH SAYING PAVIAMMA AT THE DINNER TABLE LIKE THAT WAS SOO CUTE ANYWAY I JUST LOVED KADEN, HOW HES COLD BUT LIKE AWKWARD LMAO HES SOO AWKWARD SOMETIMES ITS SO FUNNY. AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS LIKE A MIDDLE GROUND IN A LOT OF RAFE AND LIAS FIGHTS, AS A NEGOTIATOR OR COMMUNICATOR FOR EITHER OR SIDES. LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT! AND HIM AND PAULINE??? WHO WOULDVE GUESSED DEF NOT ME. I THINK IT WAS A BITTT RUSHED BUT NOT CRAZY RUSHED (but honestly i found the scene where he punches mikeal so cringe like wtf are u doing this had nothing to do with you wtf..) ANYWAY BUT I THOUGH PAULINE AND KADEN WERE SO CUTE LIKE AWWGWHWWWHHH THEM BOTH BEING KIND AND SWEET AND THEIR CHEMISTRY AND HIM CONSTANTLY APOLOGIZING RANDOMLY IS SO CUTEE. THEY WERE SOOO SOSOSOSO ADORABLE TOGETHER. AND SO SWEET AT THE END IM SO HAPPY FOR THEM. I ALSO LOVED THAT IN THE END PART KADEN BEING THE ASSASSIN WAS SEEN NOT AS A BAD THING BUT AS A ALMOST CERTIFIER OF VENDAN KNOWLEDGE IN MORRIGHAN?? U KNOW?? LOVED THAT. CAUSE IT DOESNT DEMINISH THAT HE TRULY TRUUULY IS VENDAN NOT MORIGHAN, LIKE UGH WHEN ONE OF THE PPL WERE LIKE “oh hes from morrighan!” like NO STFU LOL ANYWAY 10/10 MY MAAN MY MAN MY SWEET SWEET MAN. LOVED HIM
Lia.. MY QUEEN!!! SHE ACTUALLY FUCKING ROCKED IN THIS BOOK. SHE WAS SO, WAR WAR RAGH!! IN THIS BOOK AND I ATE IT UPPP!!!! SHE WAS I BELIEVE HONESTLY REALLY MATURE IN THIS BOOK?? MOST OF THE THINGS AND DECISIONS SHE MADE I FEEL WERE PRETTY VALID FOR THE MOST PART. HER STUBBORNESS REALLY COMES TO SHOW WHEN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS DOUBTING HER GIFT AND I LOVE IT, SHE STANDS UP FOR WHATS RIGHT (and vendan culture hehe) LIKE SHE HAS A GUN TO HER HEAD. I LOVE HOW STRONG WILLED SHE IS AND OH MY GOD. I LOVE HOW DEPRESSED SHE IS. AS WEIRD AS IT SOUNDS ITS REALLY FUCKING INTERESTING TO HEAR HER INNER THOUGHTS, HER BREAKDOWNS, HER GUILT ETC. HER PERSONALITY COMPARED TO THE FIRST BOOK??? SOOO DIFFERENT BUT THE SERIES WAS ABLE TO MAKE SUCH A SMOOTH TRANSITION ON THAT PART LIKE UGH EAT. ANYWAY I ALSO H MY GODDDD!! NOW THAT THEY WERE OUT OF VENDA HER GUILT FOR USING KADEN AND PLAYING WITH HIM BASICALLY RUINING HIS LIFE LMAO AS MUCH AS SHE DID WAS SOO SATISFYING, LIKE YEAAAH YOU FEEL GUILTY ABOUT USING HIM BITCH LOL. I FEEL LIKE NOW THAT THEIR OUT OF VENDA SHE LIKE GOT OUT OF THE HAZE IN HER BRAIN AND WAS LIKE… Damn… I SUCK! LIKE YEAH BITCH YOU DO, DA FAWK??! ANYWAY I LOVED HER AND HER STRONG ASS SHE ABSOLUTLEY ATE AND ROCK. but i hate the scenes where someone sexist approachs her and shes like “heh.. Boys!” and rafe and kaden like beat em up or something and lia is like “thats what you get for messing with me! Im a girlboss haha!” like SHUT THE FCK AAAAPP. IT WAS SO CRINGE AND LIA BARLEY DOES ANYTHING IN TJOSE SCENES SHE JUST SAYS SOMETHING WITTY AND RAFE AND KADEN BEAT EM UP LIKE GOD KADEN U HAVE A GIRL STAND UP! LMAOAOAOA ANYWAY THATS MY ONLY COMPLAINT CRINGE WISE
SIDE NOTE: love the guilt rafe, and lia both had after leaving venda basically half dead, so fun to read
Side characters. GUYYYSS!! SVEN ROCKED IN THIS BOOK!!! HIM AND RAFE BUTTING HEADS WAS SO DAD AND SON I LOVED IT! HE WAS LIKE TBH THE ONLY ADULT HERE, CAUSE YEAH KADEN AND RAFE ARE ADULTS BUT YALL BOTH ACT LIAS AGE TBH… ANYWAY I LOVED LOVED LOVED SVEN HE WAS SO AMAZING SLAY EAT WHATEVER! JEB.. MY HUSBAAAAAND! I SWEAR EACH TIME HE CAME UP TAKE MY BREATH AWAY BY BERLIN WOULD START PLAYING LMAOAOA. HES SUCH A BROTHER TO BOTH LIA AND RAFE AND HE WAS SO KIND AND COCKY LMAOAO I LOVED HIS PERSONALITY HES SO CHARMING YOU GUYSSSS!!! IN GENERAL I LOVED RAFES GANG THEY WERE SO AMAZING AND WERE AMAZING MIDDLE GROUNDS WHENEVER RAFE HAD ISSUES. THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT OPINIONS BASED ON THEIR EXPIRENCES AND SUCH AND I LOVED THAT THEY DIDNT JUST TAKE RAFES SIDE LIKE SOME LAP DOG! EVEN SVEN WHEN RAFE COULDNT SAY WHY HE WAS BETROTHED SVEN HELPED LIA UNDERSTAND RAFES SIDE CAUSE RAFE WAS BUSY BEINGA KETTLE AND FUMING EACH TIME HE TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING WITH HER LOL! LOVED THEM. PAULINE, AGAIN IM NOT REALLY LIKE IN LOVE WITH PAULINE SHES AMAZING BUT LIKE EH. SORRY. BUT I LOVED HER GETTING MAD AT LIA FOR LYING ABOUT MIKEAL LIKE PERIOD BITCH!! AND SAME WITH HER YELLING AT MIKEAL JUST YELLING IN GENERAL! LOVED IT! It was interesting to see how MAD she was at kaden like this bitch wont even let her TOUCH him and look at them now, kissing in venda AWW YOU GUYS!! TRUE LOVE! LMAOAOA. ANYWAY BUT OVERALL, I LIKED PAULINE BETTER THAN THE REST OF THE BOOKS, I UNDERSTOOD HER AS SHE WAS PROBABLY THE LEAST CATCHED UP IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED LOL. NATIYA AGHHH POOR NATIYA SHE WAS LIKE LIA, REALLY REMINDS ME OF EREN AND GABI IN AOT. NATIYA WANTED TO FIGHT SO BADLY BUT LIA KEPT BEING LIKE NOOOO!! EVEN THOUGH… RAFE WAS DOING THE SAME TO LIA LMAOAOAO LIKE BE FR LIA COME ON! BUT I UNDERSTOOD. IM GLAD LIA COULD INCORPORATE NATIYA SOMEHOW IN THE WAR WITHOUT GETTING HER IN DANGER, CAUSE THIS BITCH WANTED TO FIGHT SOO BAD LIKE OK MINI ME! ANYWAY LOVED HER AS ALWAYYSSS!!! EBEN WAS ALSO GREAT, SO CUTE AND I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM. HES LUCKY HE HAD GRIZ WITH HIM WHEN THEY WALKED ALL THE WAY TO MORRIGHAN. ANYWAY LOVED GRIZ TOO EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A SMALL PERCENT OF THE BOOK. OVERALL ENJOYED THE SIDE CHARACTERS
THE VILLAINS, I WOULDVE LOVED TO SEE MORE KOMIZAR! But alas “its the things we love the most, that destroy us” isnt that right rafe. THE SCHOLAR NOT BEING A VILLAIN?? WHAAAT!! I THINK WE SHOULDVE SPENT MORE TIME WITH THE VILLAINS BUT HEY! WHATEVER! NO BIGGIE TBH.
THE ENDING!!! I HONESTLY.. I KNOW MY HUSBAND (jeb) DIED, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I SCREAMED AT THAT PART SO LOUD IT WOKE UP MY GRANDMA. BUT AAAAAALL IM SAYING IS THAT IT COULDVE BEEN MORE TRAGIC! LIKE I READ DANCE OF THIEVES AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE BOOK ENDS TOO SMOOTHLY, LIKE COME ON THE BROTHERS DIDNT DIE, THE PARENTS DIDNT DIE. COME ON!!! I THINK WE SHOULDVE HAD A BIT MORE, ALSO THE MELON SCENE THOUGH AWGHHHWGWH BUT I WOULDVE LIKED IT TO END IN MORE OF A BANG SINCE THIS IS THE FINAL BOOK, AH OH WELL.
Overall GREAT book BEST book in the series I LOVED IT. BEST USE OF THE MAIN 3 IN ANY OF THE BOOKS AND BEST USE OF THE SIDE CHARACTERS, amazing worldbuilding and politics and best turmoil in MY HUMBLE OPINION. But couldve had a better ending (i love devastation) BUT 100000000/10 IN MY OPINION AND HONESTLY.. THIS SERIES TOPPED MY FAVOURITE SERIES BY A LANDSLIDE ITS EMBARRASING. LIKE THIS FUCKING SERIES!! IM GONNA MISS MY BABIES!! I READ DANCE OF THIEVES ALREADY BUT I HATED IT HENCE WHY I STARTED THIS SERIES. IM GONNA READ MORRIGHAN THEN GO BACK TO DANCE OF THIEVES AND SEE IF I LIKE IT MORE (i definitely will, however said read dance of thieves as a standalone, sleep with one eye open nasty bitch! LMAO) THEN IM GONNA READ VOW OF THIEVES CAUSE GIRL!! THIS SERIES GOT ME LOCKED THE FUCK IN IVE NEVER READ BOOKS THIS FAST! MARY E PEARSON WRITES PSYCHOLOGY AND LORE LIKE A GOD UP ABOVE!! GOD BLESS HER ON MY SOUL!! THE REMNANT CHRONICLES WAS THE BEST BOOK SERIES IVE EVER READ!!!!
If you read this whole thing le pavias ena babes <3