Rating: 5/5



Genre: YA Dystopian



Recommended Age: 16+ (language, violence, gore, mature content)



When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David’s fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned Prof, his closest ally, into a dangerous enemy.
David knew Prof’s secret, and kept it even when Prof struggled to control the effects of his Epic powers. But facing Obliteration in Babilar was too much. Once the Reckoners’ leader, Prof has now embraced his Epic destiny. He’s disappeared into those murky shadows of menace Epics are infamous for the world over, and everyone knows there’s no turning back. . . .
But everyone is wrong. Redemption is possible for Epics—Megan proved it. They’re not lost. Not completely. And David is just about crazy enough to face down the most powerful High Epic of all to get his friend back. Or die trying. – Amazon.com



I finished another series! And I’ve figured out why I’m not a series finisher. I’m totally dead inside after reading this book and I have SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! Anyone else who has read this book can you help me in bombarding Brandon Sanderson with requests for a fourth Reckoners book? Pleaseeee? Anyways, on with the review!



Okay so this is going to be a hard review to write without giving spoilers so it’ll probably be very short. I thought the character development really built on the previous books and the plot was very well developed as well. The pacing was also very well done. It never waned and the action was constant throughout the book. Sanderson’s writing is a very good example of how to build tension and action in a story without having moments where there is no action. He’s also a good example to use when one needs to know how to do transitional scenes. I also thought that the writing was phenomenal and the book is very true to how David (the main character) would narrate a story of his. Sanderson not only writes dialogue from his characters well but he writes in his characters voice well even when they’re not actively thinking or talking.



While I loved the book overall I did feel like the book, for being a final book in the series, had a ton of plot holes that were not solved by the end of the book. I really feel that Sanderson left the books this way in order to build onto the universe if he so pleased and he is writing a book in which could be a companion triology to the Reckoners series, but there are a ton of questions I have left over from this book that I want answered. FOR THE LOVE OF CALAMITY CONTINUE THIS SERIES SANDERSON! I WILL GIVE YOU MY FIRST BORN CHILD FOR ANOTHER RECKONERS SERIES! I NEEEEEDDDDDDDD IT!



Verdict: Overall I am in love and I feel like my love just walked out on me and left me hung to dry. In a way David would say it I feel like a taco that’s not been eaten by a starving linebacker. I really hope I’m back with another book from the Reckoners universe and I know there is a companion novel that I’ll be for sure reading and reviewing come Spring 2018…. But I want something from David. If anyone knows how to contact Brandon Sanderson please tell me so I can beg and grovel at his feet.