zig_zaggie 's review for:

The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
3.0

I listened to this as an audiobook, which meant it took forever to finish. A good book to listen to while running, because it is interesting and YA-ish enough to feel like a Netflix teen drama (which also means it's not so complicated that I had to really closely listen).

Definitely my favorite book in the series, because I liked the additional backstory and more magic.

SPOILERS BELOW

What a lazy ending. In some ways, the ending is beautiful- but, man, the execution of it was so disappointing. Very deus ex machina. I saw some BS ending coming because so much of this series felt random/not thoughtful to me, the pacing of this whole series has been bleck, and because I could see by the time left in the audiobook that the story was not going to be thoughtfully solved. But still, I wish this ended with more care/finesse.

UGH