Dragon Mated

AGHHHHHHH THAT ENDING LEFT ME SO UNSATISFIED. Alright, it was written in a way that allowed Jaymin Eve to legitimate writing more about the Compasses BUT STILL. WHY JAYMIN EVE, WHYYYYYYYYY????
I'd have to say the first book was definitely the best out of the whole series. It was lighter AND HAD A BETTER ENDING. However, that doesn't mean this book was bad or anything. It's been nonstop action since the beginning but I felt like Eve was a little redundant with Jessa's thoughts. The feels also didn't hit me as hard as they probably should have. For example, when Jessa reunited with Mischa, I was more or less indifferent. And when Cardia (for a second there, I forgot her name and had to go back to the book to see what it was) died, I really didn't care. I'm stunned that it affected Max so much, considering he didn't really like her either. I guess his pain was mostly from the broken bond. HOWEVER, MY FEELS FOR WHEN MISCHA DIDN'T TELL MAX SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HIS BABY SORTA BLEW ME UP. That was another part I didn't like; this whole time, Mischa was the "innocent, virginal, naive" character. And now, BAM, apparently she had sex with Max...AND THEN HE BASICALLY DITCHED HER. ASDFGHJL. Regardless, I will have to obtain the novellas Eve will write about the Compasses or else the world shall be at the mercy and risk of my fangirl-fanatics.

One of my favorite things about this conclusion to the trilogy was probably the main thing that it focused on and that was the plot. However, since it was the only thing that it really focused on, I think the pacing, writing, and character building kind of suffered for it. In this last book in the series the pacing was a lot slower than the last two books and was too drawn out for me to really follow along with the pretty fantastic world-building. There was so much effort put into foreshadowing the plot lines and destinies of certain characters that I was never able to fully enjoy the challenges the characters were facing in the moment. If there hadn't been such a huge focus on drawing out the plot then I think the author could have included the endings that were so obviously set aside to be split into their own individual stories. Now I don't think I'm going to read the quad's stories because this book didn't really do a good job of investing time into their characters for me to care.