End of Days by Susan Ee is the thrilling conclusion to Penryn & the End of Days. The final battle between angels and humans is at hand and Penryn and Raffe must find a way for the humans to survive.

You've fought off a gang of men twice your size, killed an angel warrior, stood up to an archangel, and wielded an angel sword...But you scream like a little girl when you see a maggot?

Penryn is and will always be one of my favorite female heroines! With her new title "the Angel Killer," Penryn devises a flawed plan to stop the apocalypse the archangel Uriel is planning to annihilate the human race. Penryn is as brave and courageous as ever, even going to the depths of hell, to find a way to stop the apocalypse. But that's not why I love her. She's a teenage girl, and little things like maggots and wanting to look pretty still cross her mind. This makes her both relatable and humanizes her. Otherwise I think she would come across as harsh and emotionless which is far from the case.

Raffe is present though the whole book and we get an entirely different side to him. He is no longer concerned with his feelings for Penryn and instead lets them show. The romance that's been missing in the first two books, overshadowed by tension, is present in this one! Nothing more than a few intimate kisses, but still very much present :D More of Raffe's character is presented, more of his past, and as a reader you get a better understand of what drives him. It's perfect!!!

The plot of this story could have filled two books easily! First you have Penryn and Raffe's trip to hell. He has to find a way to defeat Uriel and his way/Penryn's idea involves finding his fellow Watchers. During this excursion, Beliel's backstory is explained, why he's evil and hates Raffe is thoroughly devastating. In fact, by the end of this section I loved Beliel and couldn't believe the character he had become in the first two novels was the same as this Beliel of the past. No shame in admitting this....I cried, like ugly sobbing tears when I read his section. This could have been a book all to itself, or at least a novella.

The second half of the book dealt with stopping the apocalypse and while I was impressed at how much the author fit into a short space, I also felt it was rushed. There were many questions left unanswered and the ending felt a bit anticlimatic. I think it would have served the series better to either split this book into two and given the final battle more pages OR had Beliel's story and the trip to hell as a novella prior to this book. But that's just my opinion.

Overall I enjoyed this series and the ending was what I expected, even if it was slightly rushed. Penryn is amazing! Raffe is gorgeous, and the plot moves at the speed of light! I enjoyed every word and wish that I could have more from their world. If you enjoy urban fantasy, dystopians, and a touch of romance, I highly recommend it!