A review by mothandnessieread
The Dawn and the Prince by Day Leitao

3.0

When I saw my opportunity to finish this trilogy, I was excited to jump on it. Though the series didn’t end quite how I thought it would, I still enjoyed this book. The fact that the author continued developing their characters in this finale was satisfying. I see authors drop that aspect of the story far too often when they reach the end.

I can’t say that I completely enjoyed the ending, however. After Zora’s development and her whole drive being to gain her independence from men and other oppressive power figures, I was honestly disappointed to see her settle down as much as she did. With the clear ideological differences between her and Griffin, I didn’t see their relationship working out naturally. If the author could’ve allowed her to maintain her independence with the finale, I think I would’ve enjoyed it a lot more.

I’m glad I had the opportunity to finish reading this series, even if I wasn’t able to enjoy it quite as much as I would’ve wanted to. I received a free copy of this story from Hidden Gems and am choosing to leave an honest review of it.