I feel like adding more POVs (Warner’s and Kenji’s) was the only thing that saved these books and made them bearable. I also found myself frustrated with Juliette often, feeling more disconnected from her and less invested in what happened to her.
It wasn’t as abrupt, but the series still ended with a lot of things unexplained and unexplored. Not only that, these three books were the author’s chance to tie up all the loose ends and bring the story to a solid, satisfying conclusion. I found myself not really caring about the story and only kept going because I wanted to know how it would end. It didn’t fit with the first three books and their vibe, it felt forced in since it wasn’t hinted at in the previous books, and it really threw me off and kinda frustrated me. There was this whole wild and complex backstory for the characters and the Re-establishment, there were unexpected betrayals, there was a fated love story, there was memory wiping, there were horrifying and disturbing experiments… It felt like an entirely different series from the one that was about a lovable group of rebels fighting back against an oppressive, dystopian government. Worse than that though, I feel like this series really went off the rails. We went from a higher level of intensity and tension back to a very slow-paced, “laying the foundation” kinda book for Book 4, and then Book 5 was very little action and mostly just revelations, and Book 6 was honestly a little anticlimactic.
But those first three books built up into a big climax, which made this one feel almost like starting over.
And I was glad she did! Because the third book ended really abruptly and left a lot unresolved. It’s my understanding that the series was originally going to be only the first three books, but then the author decided to continue. Spoiler-Free Semi-Series Review of Books 4-6 I feel like it’s impossible to talk about these books without discussing the whole series, so I’ve done quick thoughts for each individual books, plus a spoiler-free semi-series review with this review and a spoiler-filled discussion with my review of Book 6.
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