A review by nindie
Evolution by Teri Terry

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The whole trilogy gave me such strong emotions that I was intensely affected by the books, storylines and characters' actions. All three of them were enjoyable to read!

What I Liked About The Book

After reading all the books, I noticed how well thought out and planned the plot was. Although I predicted most of the story with my theories while reading the trilogy, it still was amazing! In the third and final one, Evolution, since the previous books explained most of the details, I just sat back and read without thinking of theories, which made the experience even better in particular ways. It was cool that there was still plenty more to learn about the science behind everything that happened within the trilogy. Some moments in the book made my jaw physically drop because I was not expecting it, or I was shocked at the behaviour/actions of certain characters that you might know who I'm talking about after reading! Quite obvious who if you are reading this review and have already read the first two books in the trilogy. I found some of the characters introduced in this book amusing and likeable, having the same opinions as me and saying funny comments here and there.
I was so glad when Iona ended up surviving since many of the characters I like the most die throughout the trilogy. I'm talking about Spike mostly. I still cannot get over his death.

What I Didn't Like About The Book

Personally, the parts dedicated to only Kai and Freja's chapters were incredibly dull, and I didn't care much about them compared to other characters' chapters. But this is most likely because I found Freja very annoying in certain scenes, and I have grown to get a bit frustrated/annoyed with Kai as the trilogy progressed. Sometimes they both wouldn't understand different perspectives, which then did lead to misunderstandings throughout the story. But, again, that's what being human is, in a way. One final thing to discuss is the ending. Only now and then, in the last part of the book, I felt that it rushed into the end. The behaviour and actions of Alex/Xander were dismissed and brushed over after
his death. One scene that gives me this impression is when Shay began informing him about what would happen, and she was acting casually around him as if nothing had happened. Sure, this might be because time had passed, but still. Have to lowkey agree with Jenna that Alex/Xander deserved a more painful departure because of all the horrible stuff he did.

In Conclusion

Overall this was an incredible ending to an excellent trilogy! I would recommend this trilogy to many people if I knew enough who would like the genres and moods of it!!! <3
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