Maddi

Beautifully written. So full of life, heartbreak, and adventure. I am so glad I have three more books to follow these characters and live in this world Sabaa created.

I am shook. That is all.

Would have been more likely to give this a 3 if the ending hadn't dropped off so abruptly. The story needed at least 2 or 3 more chapters to better tie everything together.

Overall, the idea for the plot was interesting enough. The characters and setting had a surface level appeal, but I felt detached from the characters. The dialogue was lacking, making it hard to get fully absorbed in the story.

When I read a really good book, I can't seem to put it down and can easily finish it within a day or two if I want to. Which is exactly what I did with the first two books of this trilogy. Now, this final book? This final book was so good that I found myself putting off finishing the last 25% of the book because I wasn't ready to be done with the characters and their world.

As sad as I am to be done with this series, Marie Lu made it so worth it to finish. I have never been so emotionally invested and satisfied with the ending of a story. I kept bracing myself for the worst and thinking I had things figured out, only to be whipped over to a new possibility that I hadn't thought of.

Devastating, exciting, joyous– these characters and their stories will stick with me for a while.

Spent the last 20% of this book fighting off tears while grinning. I now have a headache appropriate of a proper book hangover.

A love story about what it means to be loved and belong simply by being exactly who you are.

“Maybe it's possible to belong in a hundred different ways to a hundred different people and places”