I really wanted to love this final book and finish the series on a strong note, but I didn't. I struggled to care throughout the entire thing. A big part of that was because of my distance from the series, I think. I much prefer reading series all at once, back to back. It feels a lot more cohesive than having to dip in and out of worlds and stories. But I took months to read this series and I think my negative thoughts about the finale were the end result. I never got into this book and I never cared and I had to force myself through from the first page to the last page.

As a result, this isn't going to be a long review. My thoughts probably would have been more positive if I'd picked this up immediately after books two and three. Can't blame the book for that.

But I did feel like this was unnecessarily choppy. The sections seemed shorter than in previous books and it felt like we flipped around so much that I forgot what was going on.

I also felt like it didn't build up some of the climactic moments enough. There were really big scenes and shocking twists in this, but none of them felt big until the end. I'm sure a big part of that was on me just for not caring, but even beyond that. It felt like some of those big moments were treated too casually.

I'm glad I finally read this and got through it, but it took me nearly a full month to read and I think I'm just disappointed with my overall experience. I do think it's a fitting end to the series and I liked a lot of the elements, I just ruined it for myself.