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A review by alliethegator
Earth's End by Elise Kova
3.75
Wow, I knew I was holding out for a reason and let me tell you, it was so worth it.
On the surface, as was my complaint in the prior books, this is a simple "will they or won't they" romance. At the depths, it is about war and loss.
On the surface, as was my complaint in the prior books, this is a simple "will they or won't they" romance. At the depths, it is about war and loss.
“It pains me to see world-weariness in someone who shouldn’t have lost their innocence. But I see that it is well and truly gone, and trying to stop the forces in motion is futile now.”
The loss of innocence, the loss of our loved ones, the loss of our own humanity. Everyone in this book goes through it. Aldrik lost his innocence at a young age, he cares very little for a whole lot. We watch him struggle with caring, and then we watch him be really good at it, and we watch him grow from an unfeeling
Vhalla, man, she has lost everything. She has grown so much in the past few books that every naive little annoyance I have with her is basically dust. Unfortunately, being forced to grow up by becoming a pawn in a war you have no interest in fighting and killing people who just want to survive is not exactly the greatest coming of age story.
It was a sinister sort of pleasure to unleash pain, and she couldn’t refrain.
Man, even the side characters killed it. Baldair is a beaut. He cares way more than he should for a brother that has given him nothing. His friendship with Vhalla is so cute. Also, sorry boys but your dad sucks.
Usually I see these false happy endings coming from 100 miles away, but this one slapped me right in my face and I'm mad about it because I've literally read these before.
If this was what victory looked like, what was defeat?