Well that was… a book. That felt like such a weird place for the story to end. Not… not a lot happened when you get down to it. I remember getting to a point where I had maybe a hundred pages left and I thought “there is not enough time for something to go wrong to set the stakes for the next book” and I was right. I guess it technically ended on a cliff hanger but I’ll be honest we don’t see enough of Gaheris for me to actually care about him or be “afraid” of what he’s going to do. (And knowing he was definitely based off Snoke only made it worse) 

There wasn’t really a climax for this book. It really kept the same tone and energy the entire book.

Was it the wedding? Was that supposed to be the climax? That works fine for a Regency or even contemporary romance novel, but not when you are trying to push this war plot.

The romance kinda fell flat for me. It feels manufactured. Like, these characters seem to be infatuated with one another against their will.

On a totally different note, these characters are South East Asian. Every single one of them. The author has made that very clear. Can the fan art please reflect that? Yes I know this was originally a Reylo fanfiction. I get it, but can fan artists at least TRY to give them SOME Asian features? I feel like I’m not asking for that much. (If such art exists and I just haven’t stumbled upon it please send it my way!) 

Anyway here’s hoping Monsoon Rising more plot progression than this one did. See yall in December! (Hopefully)