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The end of the Otherworld story arc and purportedly the last in the series (although the author does note in her final comments that there will be short stories in 2014 and possibly other books in the future should inspiration strike her), 'Thirteen' concludes the grand denouement that began with 'Waking the Witch' and continued with 'Spell Bound'.
As with those previous two books, the main narrator is Savannah Levine, although some chapters are narrated by other major characters including Paige and Hope. Most of the characters introduced over the course of the series are involved: Paige and Lucas, the Cabals, the Pack, Jaime Vegas, Adam, Eve Levine and Kristoff Nast, etc. With such a large cast though, inevitably we see more of some than others, especially when the story is told almost entirely from the perspective of one character and when the action is spread over so wide a geographical area.
Unlike with other books in the series, where the action could feel quite intense but contained within a small area, this time it feels more widespread; a war rather than a battle. The Supernatural Liberation Movement is determined to expose the truth about the supernaturals to the rest of the world. An opposing movement seeks to stop them by strategic acts of supernatural violence, thus causing fear amongst the humans and deterring further revelations. Even Demon Lords and Angels are taking sides. And stuck in the middle of all the chaos are Savannah and her friends.
I won't spoil the story for those who haven't read it by revealing what finally happens, but I would say the main threads are drawn together satisfactorily. What I did find interesting for what was supposedly the last book in the series was the lack of a sense of finality. There was at least one unexpected reappearance of a character previously mentioned but never seen in the novels, and said reappearance was never fully dealt with. This is perhaps the subject of one of the short stories she is already apparently planning, and there is certainly scope for more stories within the Otherworld universe even after this book.
As with those previous two books, the main narrator is Savannah Levine, although some chapters are narrated by other major characters including Paige and Hope. Most of the characters introduced over the course of the series are involved: Paige and Lucas, the Cabals, the Pack, Jaime Vegas, Adam, Eve Levine and Kristoff Nast, etc. With such a large cast though, inevitably we see more of some than others, especially when the story is told almost entirely from the perspective of one character and when the action is spread over so wide a geographical area.
Unlike with other books in the series, where the action could feel quite intense but contained within a small area, this time it feels more widespread; a war rather than a battle. The Supernatural Liberation Movement is determined to expose the truth about the supernaturals to the rest of the world. An opposing movement seeks to stop them by strategic acts of supernatural violence, thus causing fear amongst the humans and deterring further revelations. Even Demon Lords and Angels are taking sides. And stuck in the middle of all the chaos are Savannah and her friends.
I won't spoil the story for those who haven't read it by revealing what finally happens, but I would say the main threads are drawn together satisfactorily. What I did find interesting for what was supposedly the last book in the series was the lack of a sense of finality. There was at least one unexpected reappearance of a character previously mentioned but never seen in the novels, and said reappearance was never fully dealt with. This is perhaps the subject of one of the short stories she is already apparently planning, and there is certainly scope for more stories within the Otherworld universe even after this book.