This is such a great trilogy. I loved so many of the characters in it. I really enjoyed the first book and the second book and the third book was just as wonderful. The world that Raine Thomas has created is truly epic. I am going to read the prequel trilogy next, but you don't have to read that one first to understand the firstborn trilogy. In my last review, I mentioned that I thought the index would be better in the front of the book instead of the back of the book and for Elder Raine put an index explaining the terms and names at the start of the book! I was so excited. It was a great refresher from the last book.

Elder picked up right after Shift left off and Tate and Arina are still in danger and are still captives. Elder is action packed from the start to the finish.

This story focuses on another one of the cousins. This time it is Clara Kate, or CK as they call her. I was happy to see that I really enjoyed Clara Kate. I loved Tate, from the first book, so much so I was a little nervous that the other characters would not measure up to her. But CK was pretty awesome! She takes charge and she is such a strong person. She fell in love with one of her kind in the human world and when he transitioned back into their world he forgot all of his human memories- including her! It would have totally broken my heart but CK held herself together beautifully. I really admired her strength and innate sense of justice. She is someone I had no problem looking up to.

Another thing I completely loved about this story is that there was still a good amount of Zachariah and Tate. I love them so much. They are just so intense, and man of man sometimes when Zachariah just looks at Tate it gives me shivers. Raine Thomas, hear my plea and make a short story or deleted scene about the two of them! I just can't get enough of them.

The firstborn trilogy is fantasy done right. I really loved it and I am sad to see that it is done. But the ending was really good and I am super happy with the way everything turned out. I would recommend this series to any fan of YA fantasy. If you are a fan of paranormal and you want to branch out a bit, give the Firstborn series a try!