Spirit's End

While I was able to read the previous 4 books fairly quickly I found myself struggling with this one. One of the main things I liked about this series was the arrogance that often presented itself in a rather amusing way with the character the series is named after. While the plot was often simple, I'd enjoy the banter between the trio as they got up to all kinds of mischief. 

In the latter book that started to take a backseat to a more serious storyline and in the last novel here that lightness is all but non-existent. That would be fine if the plot was strong enough to maintain my interest and it was for awhile, but there is one glaring plot hole that presents itself midway into the novel that stuck out like a sore thumb. It completely invalidates the motive for what's happening at that current time and as such the rest of the book itself since everything hinges on that plot line. It killed any motivation I had to continue, but continue I did.

And continued right on along with a character I absolutely hate in Miranda. I dislike characters whose morality is black and white. Who reek of self-righteousness and when met with anything that challenges their worldview they double down on it rather than question anything. This simplistic and troublesome moral outlook can be used for great character development, but here? There are no real consequences and the behavior is rewarded. While I find it infuriating it is admittedly a matter of taste, but these two factors combine did drop the book down from something I enjoyed to something that was ‘meh'. 

In the end it was a decent series with the last book being the weakest of the 5 imo.