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A review by megbreyer
Finale by Stephanie Garber
3.0
I’m always a fan of a happy ending that wraps everything up with a nice shiny bow. It was sweet to see both girls get their happily ever afters after the chaos they endured. The writing style of these books has been very interesting and definitely kept me hooked.
I felt as if this book was too rushed. In reality, it probably should’ve been two more books with much more detail added. I would have loved to have seen more of the Fates and the Fated objects — they were such cool ideas that weren’t flushed out. Why were some allegiant to the Fallen Star and others weren’t? When they were in scenes, they were really fun to see. I wish we got more of Paradise, too, because she seemed fantastic.
Still not a massive fan of Tella. While I’m likely biased because as an older sister I relate much more to Scarlett, I find Tella’s attitude and behavior contradictory and a bit hypocritical. She says that all she cares about is Scarlett and her well-being but blatantly lies to her and makes decisions without considering her sister. Whether it’s something as small as disregarding Scarlett’s plans with Nicolas and the need to watch Paloma because what she has to do is obviously more important or something as large as agreeing to become immortal for Legend without her sister even crossing her mind (I know, it’s her choice but for someone so passionate about doing everything for her sister, she didn’t think of Scarlett once). Also, that last letter: Super cute… unless she was being serious? Like…did she want Legend to stage her kidnapping? Ma’am, your (teenage) older sister has become empress and you want to STAGE YOUR KIDNAPPING? I’m going to imagine that it was a fun way of asking Legend to go on vacation and explore because dang.
The big bad(s) were too easy to defeat. The Fallen Star aka Mr. Anti-Love didn’t feel love when actually seeing Paloma again, but felt love at his regret for killing her? And he wasn’t even mad! He was an abusive and power-hungry asshole the whole time and wasn’t even mad that he was killed? And Jacks’s spell being broken by Tella’s love for Legend felt more like a cop-out than anything else.
Overall, I enjoyed the books, though I wish the climaxes were longer/expanded upon.
I felt as if this book was too rushed. In reality, it probably should’ve been two more books with much more detail added. I would have loved to have seen more of the Fates and the Fated objects — they were such cool ideas that weren’t flushed out. Why were some allegiant to the Fallen Star and others weren’t? When they were in scenes, they were really fun to see. I wish we got more of Paradise, too, because she seemed fantastic.
Still not a massive fan of Tella. While I’m likely biased because as an older sister I relate much more to Scarlett, I find Tella’s attitude and behavior contradictory and a bit hypocritical. She says that all she cares about is Scarlett and her well-being but blatantly lies to her and makes decisions without considering her sister. Whether it’s something as small as disregarding Scarlett’s plans with Nicolas and the need to watch Paloma because what she has to do is obviously more important or something as large as agreeing to become immortal for Legend without her sister even crossing her mind (I know, it’s her choice but for someone so passionate about doing everything for her sister, she didn’t think of Scarlett once). Also, that last letter: Super cute… unless she was being serious? Like…did she want Legend to stage her kidnapping? Ma’am, your (teenage) older sister has become empress and you want to STAGE YOUR KIDNAPPING? I’m going to imagine that it was a fun way of asking Legend to go on vacation and explore because dang.
The big bad(s) were too easy to defeat. The Fallen Star aka Mr. Anti-Love didn’t feel love when actually seeing Paloma again, but felt love at his regret for killing her? And he wasn’t even mad! He was an abusive and power-hungry asshole the whole time and wasn’t even mad that he was killed? And Jacks’s spell being broken by Tella’s love for Legend felt more like a cop-out than anything else.
Overall, I enjoyed the books, though I wish the climaxes were longer/expanded upon.