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A review by guccishoestrings
End of Days by Susan Ee
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I will admit, I forced myself to read this book after the second book fell well short of expectations. This book however, is better than World After. Just a quick note, this series was supposed to consist of 5 books instead of 3 and after reading, it definitely felt like 5 books would have been better.
The Good: Well at least the plot is not driven by Paige disappearing/getting kidnapped again. The main characters get to go to Hell (yes actual Hell) and meet some interesting characters from Raffe's past that I wish was more in-depth. Lastly, the series ended, Thank god the series ended because I could not read anymore of this series if it continued.
The Bad: well the book is rushed to oblivion. The most interesting part of the book (when they are in Hell) is not anywhere near long enough and could've/should've been an entire book alone. Raffe and Penryn get together in the end (sarcastic "yay") which feels extremely forced. The climax of the book was absolutely awful, one of the weakest parts of the entire series. Penryn is painfully generic and annoying at this point and I could not care less about her. Finally, the ending is so abrupt and leaves so many questions not just about the worldbuilding but a majority of the characters.
This series can be explained as:
Angelfall: started off strong and looked to have so much potential
World After: ran around circles for a bit before getting the crap beat out of it and thrown in a ditch to bleed out.
End of Days: Took the corpse out of the ditch and paraded around showing the potential but only being the husk of a dead series.
in short, the series started with a bang and ended with a whimper.
The Good: Well at least the plot is not driven by Paige disappearing/getting kidnapped again. The main characters get to go to Hell (yes actual Hell) and meet some interesting characters from Raffe's past that I wish was more in-depth. Lastly, the series ended, Thank god the series ended because I could not read anymore of this series if it continued.
The Bad: well the book is rushed to oblivion. The most interesting part of the book (when they are in Hell) is not anywhere near long enough and could've/should've been an entire book alone. Raffe and Penryn get together in the end (sarcastic "yay") which feels extremely forced. The climax of the book was absolutely awful, one of the weakest parts of the entire series. Penryn is painfully generic and annoying at this point and I could not care less about her. Finally, the ending is so abrupt and leaves so many questions not just about the worldbuilding but a majority of the characters.
This series can be explained as:
Angelfall: started off strong and looked to have so much potential
World After: ran around circles for a bit before getting the crap beat out of it and thrown in a ditch to bleed out.
End of Days: Took the corpse out of the ditch and paraded around showing the potential but only being the husk of a dead series.
in short, the series started with a bang and ended with a whimper.