A review by amarylissw
Alone by Scott Sigler

3.0

For a final book, it has a great amount of action. Honestly . . . that was its only good point. I'll tag the rest with spoilers.

Spoiler First off, this series has always been riddled with drama. I mean, these kids are basically twelve- and thirteen-year-olds, so it's to be expected. But using forced anger as a means to create even more conflict? I hated that.

SpoilerI've always kind of had a mixed relationship with Em. She's strong, definitely, but she can also be really blind when it matters. Several times during this book, she seems to "put together" an answer, yet fails to tell everyone else about. It just kind of disappears. Furthermore, during the whole time, she has this relationship with Bishop, but she still doesn't know if she loves him more than O'Malley (who is, um, dead). Like, what? Girl, figure out what you want. (Honestly, she has no business being in a relationship, and I have no idea why there are all these guys who like her.)

Spoiler And then the ending, oh goodness. The biggest source of my issues with this story. I've always kind of shipped Em with Bishop since the end of the first book. O'Malley was kind of manipulative and then our new love interest to the third book, Victor, is a bit clingy and a jerk (I mean, poor Zubiri). But Bishop did everything right. When Em was a jerk to him and used him, he would always listen to her and try to be there for her. It even says in the book that he tried his hardest! And Em just dumps him like that! I mean, seriously? At this point, I'm kind of like, Bishop, you deserve someone much better than Em (Mattie now). So I'm kind of glad he got away from her. He should be much happier now, because he deserves more than she could ever give him. And then there's the creep Victor who follows Em around like a puppy and then makes this weird gesture at the end because he's been in love with her for the last few years? I mean, this is just too weird. First it was O'Malley, then it was Bishop, and now it's this random kid. So, I'm sorry, but Sigler kind of fails at the romance department in this series. Rant over.