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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
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
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-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
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
I have complaints. Some are my own fault because I had high expectations, and a different idea about what was going to happen in book 3. I wanted more political intrigue, I wanted better retribution, and I wanted more time spent in Elysium instead of on earth. Another big complaint I had was that this felt a lot more YA than the previous books. Naya and Adam were kids playing at being adults, and it’s not that I didn’t believe their love story as a result, but their youth made other things irritating. Let me explain, and this is may be spoilery so Are you ever reading a book where they’re building towards the finale and everything looks real bad for our heroes, and you can see all the things that are gonna go wrong from a mile away because it can all be solved by just telling one person outside the group what you’re up to? It’s sort of like miscommunication in romance, where you just want to shake these people and say COME ON HOW CAN YOU BE SO STUPID??? I hate it, always, and this book would literally have no plot if Naya and Adam took a beat and just told their parents they were in trouble. And I get that sometimes it’s hard to tell our parents things because we’re afraid of how they’ll react, but at the same time, that reticence on their part just highlights how young and inexperienced they both are. All they had to do was just ask one single other angel if there was a punishment for deliberately harming a human, evil or not, and I could have saved myself like 200 pages. This is also the fault of Asher and Celeste for keeping secrets, and not telling Naya and Adam about their enemies in Elysium, but come one anyone with half a brain would have questioned Dov’s very obvious duplicitousness and quite frankly neither Dov nor Claire got enough justice for these acts. Anyway the last 150 pages or so took me forever to read because I was so annoyed by fantasy’s version of the miscommunication trope
Ok I know that was maybe a lot of complaints considering I didn’t rate this too low, and If you’re still here, there’s a lot of things I did like. I loved how Naya and Adam had traces of Leigh and Jarod inside them, but were still their own people. I loved the beginning, and how Annoyed Adam was by her, even as he couldn’t stay away, and couldn’t figure out why that was. I loved the very end, when all the conflicts were over and everyone finally sat down with each other. I wish that had happened earlier, and we went up to Elysium for longer so we could have seen more of that, but I’m done complaining. I love Asher as an overbearing and grumpy overprotective dad. He was so cute, he’s my favorite still. I loved Tobias and Gabriel, and how much all of them loved their children. I loved seeing that dynamic with the angel parents in contrast with book 1 where we saw so many apathetic angel parents instead. I liked that change.
Overall this was a good ending to the series. Not great, but again most complaints I have are my own expectations being dashed.
Ok I know that was maybe a lot of complaints considering I didn’t rate this too low, and If you’re still here, there’s a lot of things I did like. I loved how Naya and Adam had traces of Leigh and Jarod inside them, but were still their own people. I loved the beginning, and how Annoyed Adam was by her, even as he couldn’t stay away, and couldn’t figure out why that was. I loved the very end, when all the conflicts were over and everyone finally sat down with each other. I wish that had happened earlier, and we went up to Elysium for longer so we could have seen more of that, but I’m done complaining. I love Asher as an overbearing and grumpy overprotective dad. He was so cute, he’s my favorite still. I loved Tobias and Gabriel, and how much all of them loved their children. I loved seeing that dynamic with the angel parents in contrast with book 1 where we saw so many apathetic angel parents instead. I liked that change.
Overall this was a good ending to the series. Not great, but again most complaints I have are my own expectations being dashed.
epic end to the series
Naya holds the record of most feathers earned in the shortest amount of time. And if she wanted, she could complete her wings and ascend in half the time allotted. But she’s in no rush. She wants to help more people first, and she can’t do that from Elysium.
So when she learns of Adam’s secret group of guardian angels, she wants in.
Adam and Naya’s fathers have been best friends for decades, and yet the fletchings themselves have never met. And for some reason, they can’t stand each other when they do. Except they also can’t stop thinking about the other. Obsessing over every interaction.
Why is that?
Oh Adam and Naya. Souls entwined, made for each other, and yet clueless about it all.
This was such a slow burn but I think that was actually perfect for the story. They really just didn’t get along at first, even though they couldn’t stop thinking about each other. Even if those thoughts were negative at first. They both needed the time to acknowledge their feelings and their attraction. The build up was such delicious tension.
There is a lot of heavy content in this book. Poor Naya goes through so much at the hands of disgusting, corrupt, power-hungry pricks.
This whole series has been so great and I’m elated to have found a new author to stalk. Wildenstein has such a way with words - genuinely had to look up a few which made my inner geek happy - and just paints the most vivid imagery.
If you love paranormal, enemies to lovers, somewhat dark romance then you
Naya holds the record of most feathers earned in the shortest amount of time. And if she wanted, she could complete her wings and ascend in half the time allotted. But she’s in no rush. She wants to help more people first, and she can’t do that from Elysium.
So when she learns of Adam’s secret group of guardian angels, she wants in.
Adam and Naya’s fathers have been best friends for decades, and yet the fletchings themselves have never met. And for some reason, they can’t stand each other when they do. Except they also can’t stop thinking about the other. Obsessing over every interaction.
Why is that?
Oh Adam and Naya. Souls entwined, made for each other, and yet clueless about it all.
This was such a slow burn but I think that was actually perfect for the story. They really just didn’t get along at first, even though they couldn’t stop thinking about each other. Even if those thoughts were negative at first. They both needed the time to acknowledge their feelings and their attraction. The build up was such delicious tension.
There is a lot of heavy content in this book. Poor Naya goes through so much at the hands of disgusting, corrupt, power-hungry pricks.
This whole series has been so great and I’m elated to have found a new author to stalk. Wildenstein has such a way with words - genuinely had to look up a few which made my inner geek happy - and just paints the most vivid imagery.
If you love paranormal, enemies to lovers, somewhat dark romance then you
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence
Moderate: Classism
Guys I cannot tell you how much it hurts me to give this book 2 stars, you know considering I gave the first two 5 stars each.
This book was way too long, I just couldn't, it was way boring with that mission, aahhh. It felt like instead of a trilogy it could be a duology, I don't know or if this book was shorter than maybe yeah. Except for that, it was nice to get a happy ending although, I came to appreciate sad endings in books. So far I only wanted happy endings since it is not a given in real life I wanted for my fictional friends to have a happy ending always but yeah I think I grow up to them.
This book was way too long, I just couldn't, it was way boring with that mission, aahhh. It felt like instead of a trilogy it could be a duology, I don't know or if this book was shorter than maybe yeah. Except for that, it was nice to get a happy ending although, I came to appreciate sad endings in books. So far I only wanted happy endings since it is not a given in real life I wanted for my fictional friends to have a happy ending always but yeah I think I grow up to them.
adventurous
challenging
tense
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
challenging
lighthearted
slow-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:
No