A review by witcheep
Aurora's End by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The Aurora Cycle books just keep getting better. The stakes increase, but the Squad 312 keeps finding new ways to battle them. I devoured this book, and I hope I still had more to read of the Squad. I guess I will see them in the stars.

The plot ties all the loose ends from the first two books into an ornate and tidy knot in a way that I'm in awe witnessing. The last book in this trilogy is the most ambitious one in the series, but it holds up to every expectation I had for it, or even exceeds them. Aurora's End made me hold my breath, gasp, tear up, and laugh. It takes a very capturing and entertaining book to evoke so many visible emotions in me.

I usually greatly dislike the main characters being separated for the bigger part of the book, but in Aurora's end I enjoyed that concept. That may be mainly because the characters all have someone with them to have their back, which made me very happy, and I adore the Squad 312 so much I'll gladly read any added snippet of their lives. I loved following the different plot lines — and
time lines
of the charaters'. The hints in the previous books made me think of
time travel
already before, but I could not anticipate the way it is executed in this book. So great!
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