A review by lolasreviews
The Earth Dwellers by David Estes

5.0

I got a copy for review in exchange for beta read and an honest review.

The Earth Dwellers seamlessly combines the Dwellers and the Country saga and the end result is a great story with the best of both series. It’s the perfect ending to both series and it was awesome seeing all my favorite characters again. Even Perry made a cameo appearance!

I really liked both the Dwellers series and the Country series and when I first heard about that there would be one book that would be the fourth book to both series I was beyond excited. I never read another book that did this and I was so excited to start it I almost didn’t dare to start reading for fear of being disappointed. But this book does not disappoint at all, it was better than I expected or even hoped. I loved seeing this new perspective to both stories, to see how the Tri-realms and the Tri-tribes saw each other.

I couldn’t be more happy with the choice of point of view. Siena is one of my favorite book characters and I was really glad she was one of the point of views of this book. The other half of the story is told mainly by Adele, but there are also a few chapters from Tristan and Dazz’ point of view. I loved seeing all these characters back and I loved how seamlessly the two worlds and series where combined.

There are some heartbreaking moments in this conclusion to both series. I almost cried a few times. And one time I got goose bumps all over because there is this scene that shows so much strength and it was so awesome and it displays how great the strength of people can be. Courage and hope. It was awesome. And the ending wraps most of it up so nicely, while it still left me wanting more. I just wished the epilogue was longer, because I am not ready to say goodbye to these characters and this world and I am so sad that this series has ended, but on the other hand this book is the perfect ending.

I was surprised how much more world building this last book in this series contained, because even after 6 books there is still a race we know almost nothing about, namely the Glassies also known as the Earth Dwellers. And there is still a lot of world building and getting to know this society and it almost felt like starting a new dystopia book. Although I would’ve liked getting a more insider perspective and getting to know even more about this society and the people who lived there.

To conclude: I loved this book, it seamlessly combines two series and gives both series the perfect ending. It is full of emotion and heartbreak and goose bumps. I loved seeing all my favourite characters back and I think it’s wonderful there even is quite some world building in this last book. And even though I am sad that this is the last book in this series, it is a great ending!