A review by ewingo401
Shattered Hourglass by J. L. Bourne

4.0

Overall, a satisfying end to the trilogy. The end of the 2nd book made it pretty clear which direction this one would be going in story wise. The one big change in this book is the author finally and (almost) completely does away with the "journal format" of writing. I felt like the 2nd book suffered from sticking to that format even though it was a big part of what made the 1st book so unique and interesting, the story has outgrown the format at this point and it was good to have those restraints lifted. One negative I feel worth pointing out is the way some of the chapters are laid out. The book basically tells the story of a few different groups, including that of our protagonist from the previous books, with chapters devoted to a piece of each groups story. What I didn't like was that during some chapters the story would suddenly flash over to another group or a related, yet seemingly random journal entry from our protagonist. This didn't happen often, but it was distracting when it did happen. But like I said, overall an enjoyable read. If you're a fan of the genre then you owe it to yourself to read this series.