Well, this was definitely my favorite of the trilogy. The books in this series have been getting better, or they’ve just grown on me. As a whole, it wasn’t the epic series I was expecting, but this last book was great. I flew through it, it didn’t drag at the beginning like the other two and I just really enjoyed it. It was much more action packed, the stakes were higher and the characters had more purpose.

I must say that, while I don’t by any means dislike Jude, Cardan was my favorite character by far. Knowing his past and what he’s been through, I can understand him and root for him, though I am acting as though the Cardan from the first half of book 1 never happened.

I also loved the part Vivi and Taryn were given in this last book, along with Grima Mog’s addition to the crew and that we got to see more of the different courts (I’d love to befriend Lord Roiben and Kaye). And of course, I love me my Court of Shadows. We also get some very necessary answers, like

why did the Ghost betray Jude

.

However, I do believe that there are certain plotlines and characters that weren’t used to their full potential. They’re just there as a catalyst or used for whatever plot line they are needed for and then are forgotten, killed off or just sent to the background. Just to mention a few: Valerian, Locke, Sophie, the Undersea, Cardan’s mother (what did her character even add to the story?), Heather, the fact that Locke and Oak are brothers, or the fact that Taryn is pregnant (again, what did this add to the story?).

Now I'm going to start How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories because I'll take all the Cardan I can get.