This was... Okay. It was one of those books that suffered from the intended message taking over the story, to the point where the plot and characters are pushed aside. I never connected with the story, nor its characters, and some of the situations were laughable.

With that being said, I know I'm a critical reader which is the only reason I didn't rate this lower than 3 stars. I can see people, especially younger YA readers, looking past some of the technicalities that I found myself irritated by. The message is still an important one, even if I didn't personally like the way it was presented.

Not rating as I knew how I'd feel about it before reading, I just wanted to finish the trilogy.

“Bring what fury you have and I will answer it with ours.”

THIS WAS SO GOOD.

The intrigue. The angst. The longing. The characters!! The complex character dynamics. The DRAGONS. This is, quite literally, everything I want out of a book and I have nothing left to say other than: "Can I please have book 2 NOW???"

Actual Rating: 3.75✨