Soul of Cinder is the last installment in the Heart of Thorns Trilogy and it follows Quin first as he makes his way to River Kingdom and reclaim his throne. It's a story about hurt, healing and finding the best among very little. It's a bit of a rant, so it has some spoilers in it. Please don't read it if you don't want spoilers.
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First, I was really intruigued by Quin's return and his thoughts towards the Twisted sisters. He is determined to be better and I think he will be because of his new found magic and how it behaves wrt his true intentions. I really loved his Character arc in this book. The relationship between Mia and Pilar was really good and complicated and messy and I really liked that. Although the concept with Shadowess was a bit much at times, I think it was a good inclusion. Second, I think I liked the conflicting enotions Quin had when it came to his kingdom. Embers and River kingdom gave him something to concentrate on other than revenge and his thought process was really good to read about. The Characters were broken in their own way, and their Journey towards accepting themselves and finding their balance after so much loss was really good to read about.
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Coming to the Character arc and story development, I think Quin and Mia had good arc separately as Characters. I say that because I wasn't a fan of their relationship from the start. I know it started off really awkward and it progressed into something stable as they cane to know about each other, but it still lacked the chemistry and the bond between them was okay at best. So I wasn't excited for them to meet in this book. But Mia gaining her senses back and her conversations with Pilar were one of my favorites in this book. The riot in the River Kingdom wrt Embers were the action packed part and I loved it. Okay, now that it's out of the way, I was really looking forward to reading the budding romnace between certain Characters and they just stopped appearing suddenly in the book. And then when that is nding came, all was alright and they get their ending?? I was already skeptical with the starting of this book, and this just made me mad. There were no development per se and it was a disappointment. I didn't think Quin will just kill the sisters for their betrayal when he couldn't kill Tristian, but I wanted him to do something.
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Well, since I binged the whole series together for this book review, I haven't thought about separate ratings for all the book, but this Series as a whole gets a 3 star. It had some good moments and scenes I really liked and scenes I wanted nothing to do with. It was a solid series, but it could have been so much better.
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Thank you so much FavouritePagesClub for the review copy. All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.
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Kindle/ Arc/ January 2021/ Book 001