The Burning White

If there's one thing I can't stand in books, it's when the plot is driven by the mistakes made by the protagonists.

Unlike the previous books in this series, it's difficult to root for the heroes and heroines at any point of time. You see them make so many mistakes that when their actions catch up to them, all you're left with is a feeling of crushing inevitability.

These mistakes are so bad that the only way out that the author could find was deus ex machina: the introduction of a literal, physical God.

For a series that did so well, so far, this is a disappointing conclusion.