I do agree that there were some untied ends, and I really wish Suze would just talk to Jesse for once but you know what? I totally smell a #8 or atleast a novella on the horizon. It might have already been 10 years since this was released BUT I WILL AWAIT FOREVER

Time to DNF this one for now. I will get back to it eventually as I reread the whole original series this year just so I could read this new addition, which ended up being (for the about 30% I've read) an annoying dissapointment.

I'm not the biggest fan of Mediator series in the first place, but it had its fun moments and as far as paranormal books from that time go (2005 I think), it was pretty awesome in comparison.

This one though, I could not stand Suze in this one. Jesse seemed slightly out of character in some situations here. Especially as he got kind of overprotective in some situations, which doesn't fit in with his character from the original, who always tried to protect Suze, but never once became overbearing in any way. I just don't get it. I'm not enjoying it right now, I don't like the MC, and I'm not liking the romance here all that much either.

I had such high hopes for [b:Remembrance|25573701|Remembrance (The Mediator, #7)|Meg Cabot|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1446288587s/25573701.jpg|23959466]. The Mediator Series was my all time favorite when it came out. Unfortunately I was completely disappointed. The characters were so flat. What happened to the 6.5 books worth of character development that preceded this book?! Suze was hostile and horny. (So help me God if I had to hear about Jesse's "bulge" one more time I thought I was going to vomit. Jesse was hyper sensitive and downright homicidal (I'm also including exorcisms in homicide). There was no middle ground for their emotions, there was no depth to their thoughts and actions at all. Somehow, the characters went from being well rounded, lovable, relatable characters to completely FLAT. The old mediator books were about a Kick-Ass female heroine, and her sexy, protective, and capable, formerly-undead boyfriend, and somehow we get into this book and Proposal, where he takes the "eighteenth century macho-man" persona to a new all time high. Granted, I had a hard time putting the book down... Page after page I was looking for the book to redeem itself, questioning whether or not I just wasn't remembering what happened very well. Sadly, I definitely think there was just something off about this book. I wish there was some sort of redeeming factor here, but there really doesn't seem to be. It's a happy ending, sure and that's always nice, but I never felt a need for more closure than I received in book 6. (Though I'll be the first to admit I was so excited about it anyway, I preordered the book back in MAY of 2014!) Characters were thrown in, thrown together into relationships for no reason (Adam is almost left completely out except to reappear at the end to make unnecessarily sexual commentary in front of CeeCee?), and thrown personality curveballs that really were just unnecessary. Finally, the last thing I wanted in this book, was a Paul Slater story, and that's all you get. If I were Jesse, I'd have called the whole thing off when Suze spends OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE BOOK LYING TO HIM! This isn't the same old Jesse and Suze I knew, and while I know it's 6 years later for our dynamic duo, personalities don't just flatten them selves out over time and character's don't just become more one dimensional. If anything they should mature and better and deepen over time. Suze should be a BETTER mediator, not a worse one, and Jesse should be more trusting of Suze's abilities, not less. All and all, the book gets three stars because I couldn't put it down, but maybe it's really closer to two and a half. I'm so sad and disappointed by this book...

Granted, a sequel with the triplets would be awesome, but only if it can be well written, which I KNOW Meg Cabot does have the ability to do.

I started this series in high school and finally got around to reading the much delayed last book. Everyone except Jesse came across as if they were still in high school. The entire plot was mostly a failure to communicate, though the ghost plot was much better done. I think I liked the series better where it ended before.

After my disappointment and frustration with the PD's Royal Wedding for being little more than a spring board to promote her new Diaries of a Middle School Princess series, I admittedly didn't have much faith in Meg for this go around with the revisiting of the Mediator series. However, while it does have it's downsides, I think that overall this was a much better visit back to the Mediator series than Royal Wedding was for PD.

The story's pretty straightforward and very typical for Meg, and for the Mediatior series in general. Suze is an adult now, working at her old high school stomping grounds as a counselor for troubled kids working alongside Father D, but in essence is very much her old self that we've all loved, though her swearing and overly descriptive details of exactly what she wants to do to certain people is something I felt was vastly unnecessary and a cheap way of making Suze seem more 'adult', but whatever.

Of course, no surprise that Jesse and Suze are engaged and are going to be married. Also, surprisingly to my dismay, Paul Slater seems to have forgotten the lessons he'd learned in Twilight and is back to being the jerkwad he was before, determined to split Jesse and Suze up so he can have her for himself. However, unlike the more subtle hints from his YA counterpart, adult Paul comes off vastly creepier and much much more horrendous than before. And of course, threatens to turn Jesse into some sort of demon if Suze doesn't give him what he wants. Which. . . I'm kind of side-eyeing the logic of how this will work exactly because it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me and doesn't seem to be fair that it doesn't' take into account what a really truly deep down in the bones good person Jesse is. But anyway.

What really gets me about Paul this go around is his fixation on the physical aspect of Jesse and Suze's relationship, ridiculing her because they haven't slept together yet, making it out to be wrong and old fashioned that they're waiting for marriage out of Suze's respect for Jesse's beliefs, and really this whole aspect of the story line kind of irritates the hell out of me because Meg contradict's herself. To be honest, I was hopeful at first, because I was glad that it felt that Meg was advocating that there was nothing wrong with that sort of thing if that was your choice, but then she turns around and kind of tosses that out the window and has Suze and Jesse do the deed before their wedding anyway, which made me just want to scream and throw things because it just felt like such a lame thing to have them wait all that time only to give in right before reaching the finish line. I mean, come on, we all know that Meg has had no problems with having her female characters sleep with people, whether they're young adult or adult, and I was hoping to see something different from her in the form of there being nothing wrong with waiting, but she kind of screwed that one up. So overly not too pleased, but yeah.

I also am not overly pleased that there seemed to be a lot of urging to 'forgive' Paul and embrace his wounded lonely inner child, and I'm about done with this type of treatment towards villainous characters because it attempts to absolve them of wrong doing because they are victims themselves, and foists the blame elsewhere. Sorry, but Paul is what he is, and continues not to make an effort to be better, I have no sympathy for him.

That aside, the overall story is very good. I enjoyed the cameos from all the old favorite characters, and enjoyed the new additions as well. I think the ghost side of this story was very well done, and it made me feel more convinced that Suze's chosen career was the right path as she is at her core a do gooder, especially when it comes to children. There are some disturbing undertones about child abuse though they aren't overly graphic or descriptive, but its definitely a much more mature sort of story compared to her teen adventures. I also enjoyed the triplets, but I did call their true parentage a whole lot sooner than Suze did, and all I can say is dang, she and Jesse are going to have their hands full with the three of them one day. And Father D, I always will love and adore him, though I was disappointed that we didn't get some more of the meat behind his own tragic past with his ghost girl. I'm not going to lie, I was very disappointed with the choice that Meg made regarding Doc, kind of annoyed by it tbh, but again, whatever, her story, her choice, even if I don't agree with it.

Jesse and Suze's relationship is of course as always the highlight of things, and I appreciate that they disagree and argue and have to work things out and learn to be honest with each other. But I also love that they can work as a team so well together, and are always supportive and there for one another, no matter what. I did like the reveal that Jesse still retains some of his ghostly powers, which I personally think makes sense, but I appreciated that it was addressed in the story. Jesse is still my love, and I'm glad that he and Suze are finally together, and hopefully in for a bright future.

Definitely recommend for those who liked the original series as it carries much the same tone and retains what was best about the Mediator series, even though I have some personal nitpicks over some things.

A nostalgic throwback to one of my favorite YA series from when I was growing up. It didn't have exactly the same feel as the old books, but it was still good and a great way to wrap up the series.

3.5~4 stars.

Great getting to spend more time with these characters. The Mediator is my favourite series by Meg Cabot, and I was both excited and apprehensive about an adult addition to the series years after the last one was written. Suze's voice, however, was pretty much spot-on; she sounded just like you would imagine a Suze in her 20s to sound. She's still confident, blunt, and irrepressible, and she really hasn't changed much at all.

I thought Jesse's character seemed a little different – less old-fashioned and unfamiliar with modern society (which makes some sense, given he's had more time to spend in it as a human), and also a little more hot-headed and prone to violent urges. It was a bit of a role reversal in some ways, since Jesse had always been the calmer one to caution Suze, who subscribed to a 'kick butt, ask questions later' kind of approach. I think this was done for (rather weak) plot reasons, more than anything character-related, and overall I wasn't a fan of this apparent change in Jesse. Other than that, though, I really enjoyed the scenes between them; it was a treat to see them in an established relationship after rooting for them throughout the original series.

Plot-wise, I wasn't particularly thrilled with this installment. I mean, Paul blackmailing Suze AGAIN because however many years later he's STILL trying to make a move? Seriously? I thought the whole Paul-blackmailing storyline was pretty weak and kind of confusing, and part of it was not resolved very well anyway (

Spoiler

So was the curse real, or not? What was up with the whole 'demon inside Jesse' speculation? He was a ghost previously, but never a demon...

). (That said, Paul himself as a character is sort of enjoyable in a 'ugh he's such a sleaze, but also sometimes amusing' way.) The other storyline, involving the ghost and Becca, was more interesting, involving uncovering real-life problems rather than supernatural ones.

It was fine and so prejudice about something her fiance wants and what other girls are doing like marrying someone for the money. It shouldn't be what someone should marry for but that's the girl's right to marry and secure herself as she wishes. She infuriates me.