A review by octavia_cade
The Life as We Knew It Collection by Susan Beth Pfeffer

dark sad medium-paced

2.0

I read and reviewed the four books collected here separately, so this is just for my own records. And you know what? I'm making an exception. Usually when I rate multi-volume collections, I work on an average and round up if necessary. The first three books in this series got three stars from me, but the last - The Shade of the Moon - was such irredeemable, lazy edginess that it only earned one. Under normal circumstances I might round the average of two and half stars up to three (if I'm reviewing at a place that doesn't allow half stars), but in either case I'm choosing to round down. The last volume was such an unenjoyable experience that it's soured the whole series for me. Averaging just doesn't cut it.