The final installment of the Golden Guard trilogy was just... not enough. There wasn't enough page length to get into anything real before the beginning of the main series. There wasn't enough plot, there wasn't enough interaction with characters from the other two books to tie this solidly into a trilogy. It felt like something separate, even though I knew it was in the same world and these characters do play a role in Air Awakens. There wasn't enough depth between Craig and Daniel to create the depth of friendship I was supposed to buy into in the next to last chapter. I saw these two as should-be brothers in Air Awakens. This just wasn't enough for me to buy that the two got from where they started at the beginning of this book to that point at the final chapter.

Not enough YA books focus on friendship and I love that this book went in that direction. I just wish there had been more time and plot on the page for Daniel and Craig to actually become friends. They deserved the same depth that Raylynn and Baldrick got in the previous book. And I think that's why this final book is a let down for me, because it follows on the heels of something absolutely amazing.

The trilogy is definitely worth reading and in a couple of weeks I think I'll be ready to start the Vortex Visions series, which takes place about two decades after the Golden Guard Trilogy and the Air Awakens quintet.