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A review by thejordanjournals
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
4.0
I'm not really sure how I feel about this as a conclusion to a series. There were some things that I loved and others that were lackluster. The majority of the book felt a little slow moving for me because I was just waiting for these big moments to happen. At the same time though, the later portion of the book was keeping me on the edge of my seat.
One thing that did happen for me though was I finally felt like I could get behind Dimitri and Rose. Ugh there was this beautiful scene of the two of them in a hotel room. They actually talked about their feelings and had some real relationship building blocks laid down. It was what I had been wanting from them this whole series. They're supposed to be madly in love, but they don't share a lot of intimate moments together. It's very much a tell and not show situation, but this scene. This scene I loved and I was finally rooting for them.
With that said, I found the trials Lissa went through to be very reminiscent of something from Divergent. She basically went through a fear landscape, and it was very odd and seemed sort of out of place. I felt like the trials could have been handled better and better developed. They seemed very random for what they were testing.
I also didn't like how Adrian was left at the end of this book. The last time we see him he's storming off in an cloud of anger and resentment. His character had no closure. If I had read this at the time of publication, without the knowledge of Bloodlines, this would have pissed me off. I like Adrian. I want him to have resolution, and we don't see that in this series.
Basically as a next installment in a series, I enjoyed this book. It was action packed and mysterious and intense. However as a series finale, I thought it was lackluster. A lot of characters (that coincidentally show up in Bloodlines) get dropped off or are left unresolved by the end. A huge air of mystery is left around Sydney and the Alchemists too. If I had not known that I would see more of this in Bloodlines, if I did not know I would get another 6 books with these characters, I would have been very unhappy with this finale.
But as a sixth book in a 12 book series, I thought it was a fantastic installment.
One thing that did happen for me though was I finally felt like I could get behind Dimitri and Rose. Ugh there was this beautiful scene of the two of them in a hotel room. They actually talked about their feelings and had some real relationship building blocks laid down. It was what I had been wanting from them this whole series. They're supposed to be madly in love, but they don't share a lot of intimate moments together. It's very much a tell and not show situation, but this scene. This scene I loved and I was finally rooting for them.
With that said, I found the trials Lissa went through to be very reminiscent of something from Divergent. She basically went through a fear landscape, and it was very odd and seemed sort of out of place. I felt like the trials could have been handled better and better developed. They seemed very random for what they were testing.
I also didn't like how Adrian was left at the end of this book. The last time we see him he's storming off in an cloud of anger and resentment. His character had no closure. If I had read this at the time of publication, without the knowledge of Bloodlines, this would have pissed me off. I like Adrian. I want him to have resolution, and we don't see that in this series.
Basically as a next installment in a series, I enjoyed this book. It was action packed and mysterious and intense. However as a series finale, I thought it was lackluster. A lot of characters (that coincidentally show up in Bloodlines) get dropped off or are left unresolved by the end. A huge air of mystery is left around Sydney and the Alchemists too. If I had not known that I would see more of this in Bloodlines, if I did not know I would get another 6 books with these characters, I would have been very unhappy with this finale.
But as a sixth book in a 12 book series, I thought it was a fantastic installment.