A review by briana84
ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor

3.0

This was a pretty satisfying conclusion to this trilogy. Many of the problems from the first two books were still there, but I did enjoy the overall plot. I do have to say that I was pretty disappointed in Redd's character development. She was FINALLY turned into more than a one-dimensional villain and that added dimension was being played by and then moping about a man. SO far beneath Redd. I enjoyed that she became more calculating as the book went on though. Arch was actually a pretty satisfying villain. I liked how he was always thinking ahead. Alyss and Dodge's story was COMPLETELY undeveloped and disappointing though. I literally just had to look up Dodge's name that is how unimportant he is to this entire book (and really trilogy). I get that this wasn't about their love story, but if you're going to include a love story, give the characters some sort of chemistry and purpose.

So as I said with the first book, characters are not Beddor's strong point, but the plot makes up for it. Sort of.