
I loved all the reveals – but they really did come all at the end. I like that we get to see other characters and their relationships. Now we know why but I did like that in this last book, it took all of them, a collective effort, not just Aurelia, to save humanity. It was always about Aurelia in the beginning and her choices. Or when a radical figure uses his power influence a group of people and cause chaos. I found this particular book fascinating because it touched on present day issues like like when a virus ravages a community. The thing I love about this series is the mythology and questions about power and how it affects people. Of course you have to read and find out what happens in the end and it is beautiful how it ends but I think it took a confusing way to get to there. There were people dying that I didn’t want to die. I refused to believe it was happening and was thinking, this cannot end this way! Why now? I was getting upset. I wish it was a bit more straightforward but that’s what happens with time jumping!Īlso, the love triangle bit was breaking my heart. There is a Then, Now, 1620, 1921 (10 days before Midwinter…etc…)…and it was hard to follow at times. So there are many things going on at one time, kind of like the webs that the Spinner has to deal with.

I understand why it happened, because Zan can basically time jump in the Gray. The thing I didn’t really enjoy was the timeline jumping. Some people get happy endings, others get a bad deal.

I even liked how everyone is separated but come together to defeat the villain and make everything right. I like how the story was resolved and loose ends were tied up. I love the twists and turns but that came mostly at the ending. I’m not sure what I was expecting with the end of this series but this one surprised me, sometimes not in a good way.
