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A review by alialu
Last Stand by Rachel E. Carter
4.0
Oh gods I can finally breathe.
I don't have the strength to go and write a review for Candidate, so I'll just put it all here. Because, honestly, at the speed I read this it's not like I could really tell where one book finishes and the other starts.
I am in a train, surrounded by people, cornered to a window, not even able to extend my legs, with a mask on my face, and I'm about to cry.
This book was infuriating. Frustrating. Dense in its lies. Not unexpected.
But even if I would have liked for once for the story to be made other way, it was still somehow brilliant.
I was anxious. I had to skip through some of Ryiah's repetitiveness and angst, but it was worthy in the end.
It was beautiful how the Crown was remade. It was touching that its characters still managed to stay together.
It was also cheap how Darren and Ryiah got to live because of "some unexplainable magic", but I will let it slide, since it wasn't straight happy ending after that.
There were twists I didn't expect here, a lot more death and pain, and tons of stubborness.
But overall, a very strong lesson on allegiances, love, and the greater good.
I don't have the strength to go and write a review for Candidate, so I'll just put it all here. Because, honestly, at the speed I read this it's not like I could really tell where one book finishes and the other starts.
I am in a train, surrounded by people, cornered to a window, not even able to extend my legs, with a mask on my face, and I'm about to cry.
This book was infuriating. Frustrating. Dense in its lies. Not unexpected.
But even if I would have liked for once for the story to be made other way, it was still somehow brilliant.
I was anxious. I had to skip through some of Ryiah's repetitiveness and angst, but it was worthy in the end.
It was beautiful how the Crown was remade. It was touching that its characters still managed to stay together.
It was also cheap how Darren and Ryiah got to live because of "some unexplainable magic", but I will let it slide, since it wasn't straight happy ending after that.
There were twists I didn't expect here, a lot more death and pain, and tons of stubborness.
But overall, a very strong lesson on allegiances, love, and the greater good.