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angiec 's review for:
The Fate of the Tearling
by Erika Johansen
Echoing other reviewers, the first 3/4th's of the book was fantastic and more than made up for the floundering in book 2. The character development of the Red Queen was well done. However, the plot line of the supporting characters was lacked substance and relevance. Every single one of the secondary characters with whom the author had built up so much empathy, were simply abandoned. The versions of them in the denouement were simply not the people that we had come to love. Some were ignored completely, like Aisha and Andalie. Therefore, the finale was very disappointing. It felt like the author couldn't come up with a satisfactory solution and resorted in the old, "change the past to fix the present", trick. I felt cheated out of the happy ending that I wanted. This series had such promise, I wanted it to be epic. Sadly, it was just average.