The final book in the Otherworld series by Yasmine Galenorn. Rather than continuing the usual narrator pattern which would have this be Menolly's book, the narrator bounces between the three sisters as they each prepare for and deal with this final battle and the aftermath in their own ways. It's been 4 years in universe time (and 10 years here in the real world) and Shadowing is not accepting the defeats he has been dealt gracefully. Instead, he is now consuming all the lifeforce he can get from his followers in an attempt to be strong enough to accomplish the destruction of the worlds. The Kerrastar Knights are finally fully formed and bonded and learning how to work together under Camille. Delilah has grown into her powers as a Death Maiden. Menolly has learned to accept who she is and her place in the Vampire Nation and how to help her people navigate through this new world where they can be out of the shadows. Now it's time to take everything they've learned, all the allies and friends that they have made, and have the big showdown.
There were books in this series that were plodding and didn't feel like they really moved the story along. The last couple have almost felt rushed through the main point of them. This one was definitely short and a lot more time was spent in the preparation and then the aftermath of the battle than on the battle itself but since this has been building for so many books, that felt right to me. The lives of the sisters have gone through huge changes and I wanted to know more about how they were going to deal with things than have a lot of time spent on the battle. In all, I felt it was good ending to the series, giving fans the payoff after so many years.
Page count: 244p/5,556p ytd/316,761p lifetime
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