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3.5 stars
This book was definitely more enjoyable than book #2. The YA elements were pared down a bit and the new love story (yes, the authors just had to add another one) was not front-and-center this time around. My main complaint, though, is that the burning question to finish out the series was answered very early on and we spend the next 500 pages waiting for it to happen. They really wanted to switch back and forth between the Mao and the plight ongoing on Kerenza, so they kind of had to spoil it, I guess. But I would have been fine if they had stayed on the Mao for a couple hundred pages, then switched to Kerenza for the next 200 pages. That way I would have been invested in the Mao a little longer. As it stands, I didn't care about the Mao a whole lot and just wanted to get to the rebellion going on planetside.
Also, the ending was a bit disappointing. If you're going to pull a big move like that, stick with it. Or at least most of it. They also did not resolve the courtroom situation completely. It's implied that BT is going down, but they don't show eth ramifications of it . It just felt a bit hollow at the end and too much of a happy ending.
Oh well. The series as a whole is still pretty good and worth a read. I just wish it would have dropped the romances in every book and stuck the landing a little harder.
This book was definitely more enjoyable than book #2. The YA elements were pared down a bit and the new love story (yes, the authors just had to add another one) was not front-and-center this time around. My main complaint, though, is that the burning question to finish out the series was answered very early on and we spend the next 500 pages waiting for it to happen. They really wanted to switch back and forth between the Mao and the plight ongoing on Kerenza, so they kind of had to spoil it, I guess. But I would have been fine if they had stayed on the Mao for a couple hundred pages, then switched to Kerenza for the next 200 pages. That way I would have been invested in the Mao a little longer. As it stands, I didn't care about the Mao a whole lot and just wanted to get to the rebellion going on planetside.
Also, the ending was a bit disappointing.
Spoiler
They tried to pull off a big shock by killing Katya (Nooooo), Ezra, Nik, and have Kady/Isaac/Ella sacrificing themselves. That would have been extremely ballsey of them. But they saved every one of them and AIDAN ex-machina-ed back to save the day.Spoiler
or Leann's collapse after Ezra's rejectionOh well. The series as a whole is still pretty good and worth a read. I just wish it would have dropped the romances in every book and stuck the landing a little harder.