Another final book of a series that I actually liked,
something is wrong with this picture. And while the other two books of this
series were disgusting – but in a good way I swear – this one wasn’t.
Rhine has survived Vaughn’s experiments thanks to help from
Linden and Cecily. They rescued her from the basement, and it turns out that
Vaughn lied about Linden renouncing her. He didn’t even know that she was back,
but because of her lies and disappearance, he doesn’t believe her about
anything she says. Which includes everything that his father has been up to.
Mostly, it’s because he’s hurt by what she’s done, but it’s also because it’s
his father and he trusts him with everything. Either way, Rhine knows she can’t
go back to Vaughn’s mansion. In fact, as soon as she’s recovered she needs to
leave Florida and go to Rhode Island, where her brother was last seen. He’s involved
with the bombings of factories and research laboratories in charge of creating
the cure. But like with everything in Rhine’s world, nothing is what it seems.
This book was fantastic. Thankfully, a lot of the gross
needles and experimentation scenes weren’t involved in this book. Characters
who you met in the last book make appearances again and I was floored – sort of
– when I learned about who Madame’s daughter really was. I loved the character
of Reed – Vaughn’s brother – who is everything his brother isn’t. I especially
liked the character development of Cecily, she has become so strong since the
first book! There was also a plot point that reminded me a lot of the ending of
Catching Fire and the beginning of Mockingjay. My only complaint about this
book was that the ending was sort of anti-climatic. Things got tied up way too
tidily for my tastes, but it wasn’t a bad ending.
Final Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. For a person who isn’t a big
fan of endings I’ve enjoyed the final books in series a lot more than I usually
do of late.
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