What was the purpose of creating this neat character, giving us a glimpse of her background, just to kill her off immediately? It felt rather pointless? Lila runs off to save Kell and immediately kills Ojka. So the story begins right where A Gathering of Shadows leaves off. ✔A villain who feels neither scary, nor provides a real reason for his being a villain. ✔A plot that takes almost 400 pages to really get going. ✔Unnecessary emphasis on characters who haven't mattered at all in the first and second books. ✔Perspectives tossed in here and there that ultimately amount to nothing. I feel as though this final installment was very disjointed. I honestly don't know how to review this book without spoilers and so from this point on there will be unmarked spoilers for the entire series. Schwab had so much potential going into this series, but ultimately I find myself very let down. The reason I am giving this book a 2 stars is because I expected so much more from both this book & this series overall and I am not very satisfied with the development or the ending.
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