moonbebe722 's review for:

From the Grave by Kresley Cole

4.75

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Finishing this book is something that is very bittersweet, for a lot of reasons. This series, as a whole, is something that has been with me (insomuch as a book series can be with you) for so long and I just never finished it. Going back and rereading it all, ending with the book that I never got a chance to read, was way more impactful that I had expected it to be.

At the same time, this book felt so much like saying goodbye to someone you know you will never see again. The author does a fantastic job imparting the weight and sorrow that someone feels just by living when you never expected to or at the cost of the people you love. I know that the ending of a series can be a very divisive thing because you can't please everyone, but I really appreciated how this book ended. It's far from perfect, but it's lovely and made me cry more than once in the last handful of chapters. I'm so happy I took the time to revisit these books.