A review by fullybooked22
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

A great conclusion to this series. El is such a great protagonist, I think she was wonderfully candid and hilarious while also able to perfectly articulate the lasting effects of feeling like an outsider. 
I think the pacing was great and as always with Novik, the magic system was wonderful and only got better as it was more fully explored in this final instalment.
The friendships were really great, the further exploration of Liu and Aad were simply the best and Liesel was an unexpectedly great addition. As has been the case with the other books, I would have liked more on Orion because the reason i cared about him was because El did and less so in his own right. 
I was very nicely satisfied by the ending

the twist of the prophesy was great and I didn’t expect it at all, I thought the maw-mouth plot line was really great and very compelling

I love the seemingly consistent presence of nature and the folk inspiration that seems to run through all Novik’s work, it always gives her work a comforting softness that I really adore
Overall, I was sad to finish this series— I really enjoyed it and will officially read anything by Naomi Novik