babskohler1 's review for:

The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

3.0

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SPOILERS. This was close to my favorite book in the series, though I must say now that I have finished it the first book was my favorite, and honestly could have ended there. I'm not opposed to open-ended completion of novels but the end of this last book was incredibly irritating for me. Throughout the entire book there was love, excitement and loss, and reading it was at a fast pace to keep up with the emotional roller coaster at times but it kept the novel gripping. Towards the end everything seemed cut short and seemed as though the author, finished with writing this book, just wanted to cut everything off. Tons of storylines and characters are left open-ended and though I don't always wish to have endings tied up with a bow; I'm only able to find annoyance at such a lackluster ending of this last book. It also felt very rushed as there were a handful of ERRORS throughout the book. Two misspellings as well as a few forgotten words. That to me means the editorial process and/or deadline was rushed, it was easy to find the errors just while reading it.