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raven168's review
4.0
This was a good end to the series. It was fun to see the new twists and challenges that this group is put thru this time. I loved how Damien even put himself into some of challenges and I liked what he did this time around too. Taking different ideas from classic horror movies and books, he created quite the world and characters. These were probably my favorite things he came up with.
Along the way, Nora and the others find more of their friends...but they also lose some. Secrets also come out at times with some being more surprising than others. With Damien's restriction on Nora using her powers, things get complicated sometimes. Damien also spends quite a bit of effort to try and turn Nora's friends against her. Getting her friends to give her up would make things so much easier than Nora being a willing sacrifice. In the middle of a lot of this is also Neive. She played some important parts here, but her abrupt change of desire at the end was a little off to me.
Joel is still a first class ass, but he also does some things that make him look like a half way decent person. Though when that happens, the feeling doesn't last long. Phoebe didn't grate on me as much this book. And when we find out the role she had been given it made sense on why she was found first by Nora in the last book. Adian didn't show up until the end so for most of the book we're left wondering where he is and what he's going thru.
At first the end was really frustrating to me because it was not going in the direction that I wanted it to. At all. Why can the "bad guy" never win?? But when all is settled and we find out exactly what happened, I was pretty okay with it. I like the idea of what's going to be required of Nora and I'm so glad that nothing bad happened to Damien.
Along the way, Nora and the others find more of their friends...but they also lose some. Secrets also come out at times with some being more surprising than others. With Damien's restriction on Nora using her powers, things get complicated sometimes. Damien also spends quite a bit of effort to try and turn Nora's friends against her. Getting her friends to give her up would make things so much easier than Nora being a willing sacrifice. In the middle of a lot of this is also Neive. She played some important parts here, but her abrupt change of desire at the end was a little off to me.
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For the longest time she was angry at Nora because she wanted to have Damien but he wanted Nora. So even though she protected Nora sometimes, there was always this hostility there as well. So it really shocked me when Neive showed back up and turned on Damien. Not only that, she gave up her life for Nora? It was a little bit of a stretch for me. Especially the whole Adian falling for her after the week they spent training.Joel is still a first class ass, but he also does some things that make him look like a half way decent person. Though when that happens, the feeling doesn't last long. Phoebe didn't grate on me as much this book. And when we find out the role she had been given it made sense on why she was found first by Nora in the last book. Adian didn't show up until the end so for most of the book we're left wondering where he is and what he's going thru.
At first the end was really frustrating to me because it was not going in the direction that I wanted it to. At all. Why can the "bad guy" never win?? But when all is settled and we find out exactly what happened, I was pretty okay with it. I like the idea of what's going to be required of Nora and I'm so glad that nothing bad happened to Damien.
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