Gold

The ending of this book is enraging and not in a gasp what a cliffhanger!!! kind of a way. A couple of months ago I binged another Romantasy series as the finale had just came out. The 2nd book ended this EXACT way. Not even kidding, it was the same. I was so worried and shocked but read the 3rd and realized why this type of a plot twist fails. Plated Prisoners series is set up to fail as well as there's only going to be one book left as was the same with aforementioned series, and I think even if it was 1000pgs too many readers are going to be disappointed (me included) as it just won't be enough to do justice for our MC's, and now all of the shoved in characters that were introduced in this installment. Is Raven going to take the same route and use the finale book to set up a new series with the new characters instead of just wrapping up this story and focus on the MCs (you know, the reason why we read the four books prior?)

It's truly a shame and while I think Raven has more literary talent than the other series author, it's still too much to untangle unless within the first hundred pages or so that plot twist gets undone which then just makes said plot twist feel cheap and unnecessary to make your readers grasp on and ensure they spend money for the finale book.


I think romantasy relies too heavily on certain aspects/plot devices to ensure authors get the last penny in their pocket and I'm starting to lose overall confidence of this Subgenre that has otherwise fulfilled a nice spot in my reading life.