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A review by kmcquage
Reckoning by Lili St. Crow
5.0
SPOILERIFFIC
The stakes are high and the action is nonstop. Dru has always been mature, but in this book you do get to see her hitting the brink of adulthood, taking on as much responsibility as possible--with all the mistakes that come with that. By far my favorite aspect of the book though, is the complete lack of resolution in her love life.
Seriously, I hate it when paranormal books, especially the YA ones, go on and on about soul mates and eternal love. It makes me crazy. (Sidenote: the best part of the Dante series is how truly awful and abusive that true love relationship is. Miserable = Cynically delicious.) Dru acknowledges the crazy mixed up feelings for both Graves and Christophe, but at the end she isn't really with either. As a reader, I like to think I can imagine which way it all goes, but leaving it hanging is more realistic and shows a strong sense of plot priorities. The books are about Dru dealing with the villain who destroyed her family. They aren't about her love life. So the series stops when she kicks villainous ass, leaving a lot of minor loose ends up in the air.
I'm sure people are complaining about that, but I think knowing what's important and when to let go of a character are lacking in a lot of the series in the genre, and it makes St. Crow's writing strong.
The stakes are high and the action is nonstop. Dru has always been mature, but in this book you do get to see her hitting the brink of adulthood, taking on as much responsibility as possible--with all the mistakes that come with that. By far my favorite aspect of the book though, is the complete lack of resolution in her love life.
Seriously, I hate it when paranormal books, especially the YA ones, go on and on about soul mates and eternal love. It makes me crazy. (Sidenote: the best part of the Dante series is how truly awful and abusive that true love relationship is. Miserable = Cynically delicious.) Dru acknowledges the crazy mixed up feelings for both Graves and Christophe, but at the end she isn't really with either. As a reader, I like to think I can imagine which way it all goes, but leaving it hanging is more realistic and shows a strong sense of plot priorities. The books are about Dru dealing with the villain who destroyed her family. They aren't about her love life. So the series stops when she kicks villainous ass, leaving a lot of minor loose ends up in the air.
I'm sure people are complaining about that, but I think knowing what's important and when to let go of a character are lacking in a lot of the series in the genre, and it makes St. Crow's writing strong.