siareen 's review for:

Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton

5.0

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So, this book unexpectedly tore my heart out. I really enjoyed the previous books in this series, and I was excited to finally read the conclusion. But i was not prepared for just how much i would love it and how much it would break my heart. This was a phenomenal end to a great series and one of the few series that actually got better and better with each book. I am notoriously hard on conclusions to series, and i have no complaints about this. It was satisfying and sad and heartfelt and heartbreaking all at the same time. I love Amani as a main character, I loved her from the moment we met her in the very first book, being a badass gunslinger from the middle of the desert. I love her growth throughout the series and i love the impossible choices she has to make. I also love her priorities. I think my book might be permanently tear stained.

One of the things I loved the most and appreciated most were the choices that Amani made, especially at the very end. I am so glad that she didn't choose Jin and she decided to save Ahmed. I also love that she saved Shazad (who I would LOVE an entire book/series about. about her and Leyla, who is super evil and I want to know more about. But also fuck her cuz she's terrible. Sam's death hit me way harder than i thought it would, especially the mini chapter about him right after. I was sobbing into my book. I also ugly cried when Jin and Amani (briefly) died. I did not expect this book to impact me the way it did, and i absolutely could not put it down at all while i was reading it.

Another thing I really loved in this book were the mini legend-ish chapters dispersed throughout. i wasn't such a big fan in previous books, but I really really enjoyed them here, more than i expected. They really added something, and the writing was absolutely beautiful.
All this to say, if you have not already picked up this phenomenal series, you should!