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I found the majority of this book tough to meander through. The characters are disconnected and all over the board, intentionally so, but it made the read challenging as you didn’t have the comfort of the primary story lines being intertwined for the majority. Malina’s arc in this book is predictable but generally well-received. Slade’s vengeance crusade is fairly satisfying retribution for the book 4 finale. The end of this book really starts to resolve several of the unresolved story lines, but there is just so much in the final chapters that it is a bit overwhelming. What’s a romantasy without fated mates anyway? Still looking forward to finishing the series next month!

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What a ride. Not predictable at all!
Some cringy scenes towards the end, but overall I’m so invested in Auren and Slade’s story.

Sigh. I was really excited for this book, especially after the huge cliffhanger at the end of Glow…but this was SO disappointing. It’s 600 pages of Auren and Slade walking around trying to find each other followed up by 40 pages of actual plot at the end. If I hadn’t been committed to this series I honestly would have DNF’d it. But I’m no quitter.

I absolutely cannot stand Malina’s story line, I could have done without her entire existence in this story actually. The author is trying to develop her character and she has the ONLY romantic scene in the entire book…which was disappointing.

I ultimately rounded down from 2.5 stars. The ending of the book just wasn’t enough to make up for the 600 pages I had to suffer through to get there. I’m dreading reading the next one - but again, I’m no quitter so I’ll do it. Especially since this book ends on another cliffhanger

The plot for this is a low 3/5. Only her phenomenal writing is what brings it up to a solid 4/5. You could unfortunately tell this was supposed to be a 5 book series that was stretched to 6.

"I like knowing that even apart, I have a piece of him with me. It’s a comforting presence to have his magic woven with mine, as if it’s reminding me that we’ll never be truly ripped apart from one another."

My heart hurts. After everything Auren has endured it was great to see her find strength within herself during this book... and then the ending happened... that's all I'm going to say so I dont give anything away.

What a way to open the door to the final book. I can see why Kennedy decided to split the final book into two.

I loved the introduction of new characters and learning more about Annwyn and the vivid pictures that were painted in my mind via Kennedy's words.

I also never thought I would say this, but I am really beginning to like Queen Malina too!

I cannot wait to see how this book finishes and to hopefully finally see Auren and Slade get their happily ever after.

i think that this book was way too long for what happened in this book. i love raven kennedy’s writing, but i also think that she is a bit too descriptive at some points. it takes away from what’s occurring in the book.

once again i enjoyed the ending but was disappointed that i just read an entire book with no slade/auren reunion. i’m hoping it happens early in the next book. also… i’m not a fan of aurens memory loss at the end. i’m more so upset about that.

i think we could’ve had a better ending of the ending of this book. i would like to see more from auren. it seems that every battle she has fought it always results in her losing/needing slade to save her at the end.

overall i mean i did enjoy the book. but there were things i would fix. this was the first book in this series where i wasn’t really bored at all… i was waiting for the reunification that never came

“I didn’t…. Dislike it”

Actually that’s a lie. While the overall plot is interesting and a lot happens in this book that was exciting and opened up for a great finale, It’s also 600+ pages of slow character building that makes you dislike the characters, REALLY poorly timed spice scenes (I.e. in the middle of a slaughter), an oafish character who’s POV chapters really live up to his brain cell capacity, and missing plot points that should’ve been present (hello, Rissa? Lu? Argo?). Will I read the final book? Probably, I’ve committed this far and I’m nothing if not a glutton for punishment with bad books.