*Contains Major Spoilers*
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This entire review is an opinion and you have a right to disagree or disregard it.
It started with Marrine. She turned out to be a weak and broken fool. The only thing I absolutely hate more than fanatic cultists are hysterical mothers. True, Marrine isn’t a mother but she apparently lost a child. This kind of thing pisses me off. Potential parents and women especially are often traumatized by the loss of a child who hasn’t even been born yet. It completely baffles me. You aren’t mourning a child you are only mourning the possibilities of that child. You can have another. You can adopt. There are other options but no, Marrine decides to completely and utterly break.
My favorite books are ones that can balance good and bad. A terrible past leads to growth and triumph over emotions. A overpowered and arrogant person is taken down several notches. The previous two books were amazing and were able to create a certain amount of balance but should have ended there.
The first dozen chapters or so were really interesting and had amazing character development. Henry and “A” lived just barely and were put in a tough situation. Henry lost his metal powers and “A” gained some backbone.
Then when we transition back to Jason and the others, it runs off the rails. It started with Marrine. Then everybody else other than “Ooloola” and Bezi-ibbi drowned in their own self pity. Then Henry became OP, then Jason, then Marrine, and don’t even get me started on “A”.
The introduction of the “luck” feature in this book is absurd. “A” one shots everything and is somehow able to influence events in the past with his power. This makes everything up until this point was practically meaningless and the risk that was supposed to be present was eliminated. Even Jason calls his power hacking.
The end of the book is like the author conjuring a whirlwind to blow through his plot and tear it to tiny pieces.
Jeff Hays is still an amazing voice actor an narrator but he couldn’t save this book in a million years.
This book is pointless and the series is doomed. It escalated too quickly and the characters are ruined for me. I highly recommend not reading this book and just be satisfied with the previous two books. I understand now why the author has not made any more additions to the series and advise that he shouldn’t even try to. It will more than likely be a fruitless effort.
I apologize for my bluntness and pessimistic attitude, my previous reviews were top notch and I loved this series, but this book completely ruined that happiness. I hope that you will not be disappointed the same way I was.