A review by sleepybythelake
Finale by Stephanie Garber

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

To be honest I'm not sure about my thoughts.
It wasn't bad, overall I'd say I liked it, but it felt a bit over the place compared to the previous two. I think I'll add a proper review after giving it more thought.

EDIT - So... not much has changed, I'm still confused af, therefore I'll use bullet points to try and make sense of it.

Scarlett's storyline:
  • her ex-fiancé was introduced just to get k*lled off. I see why he was mentioned and properly introduced, otherwise it would feel like an unconcluded storyline but ugh idk. I think it would have been interesting to see more of him, though he was not that relevant in the end
  • was not particularly interested during her chapters, sry...
  • BUT I love her and Julian. Ma babies
  • She ends up having actual powers? And she's the daughter of The Fallen Star??? WTH
  • She's also the legitimate heir to the throne??? 
  • I guess the last two points make sense, but uhmmm

Donatella's storyline:
  • revolved around love as expected
  • for me, it was more interesting than Scarlett's
  • which surprised me because usually I don't like love triangles, though was this really the case considering Legend has always owned Tella's heart?
  • was not particularly fond of how she treated both Legend and Jacks (not that they were any better towards her) and especially of the conclusion with the latter which felt meh; Legend's love breaks Jacks emotional hold on Tella, aw true requited love wins above all, cute! Then Jacks just vanishes? Like the rest of the Fates... like, okay, sure, fine  
  • I don't know what I expected but it left me bittersweet

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