What I Loved

I think just about everything will fit under this section. I really missed Yelena and Valek and I’m really glad that I got to go on another adventure with them. You know how sometimes when a series gets longer or when an author adds another series it can get long and tedious? That doesn’t happen here. Especially if you read the three series in the correct order. You don’t have to read them in order but I think it really helps. I could read about Yelena and Valek all the time because they’re just such great characters and there’s so much we still don’t know about them!

I’m going to take a brief pause in my review to explain this series order to you. Basically there’s three series (so far) that are all based in the same fantasy world. The first series (Study Trilogy) is where we first meet Yelena and Valek (plus others). That series is three books long. After that there’s the Glass Trilogy where we follow Opal. That nice part about this series is that even though we’re following a different character, we still see Yelena around sometimes and stuff that happened in the first series has affected things in this series. This book is a part of the Soulfinders Trilogy which is the last one as of right now. We’re following Yelena and Valek again but we also see Opal from the second series! All of these series can be read by themselves or in a different order but I HIGHLY recommend you read them in the order I just mentioned. It’ll be SO much better.
I also love how this plot is so different from the other books! We’ve met other characters along the way in the previous series but now they actually get to be a part of this one! It’s nice because everyone trusts each other so they can all work together effectively and this group of people always gets into trouble. There’s more people our beloved characters can rely on but there’s just as many as they can’t trust. What I really love about this series is how some things that happened in the previous series have carried over. The characters haven’t forgotten what has happened and it’s mentioned sometimes. I hate it when previous books are basically forgotten and never mentioned again.

I was especially excited because we saw a lot of Valek’s back story and he’s one of my favourite characters. If you’ve read the previous series then you have that to look forward to!!

It’s hard for me to review this book because I don’t even want to give you the smallest detail. It’s so much better going into it blind! I can tell you that I loved it from page one and couldn’t put it down the entire time.

What I Didn't Love

The only thing I could possibly put under this section is the fact that the whole series didn’t come out all at once so I could binge it all. It’s that addicting.

Who I'd Recommend To

I’d honestly recommend this to anyone because I love it so much. Keep in mind that the previous two series were young adult but this one is more of a new adult series since our characters have aged along with us! I think fantasy lovers will especially love this one because it combines all the best parts of a fantasy book.

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Love, love, love the characters Ms. Snyder creates. The old favorites in this one make for a fun read. The view into the assassin training and Valek's backstory was also intriguing. New characters are also very interesting. The plot to this one seemed a little slower pace than prior volumes in the study series though. I can tell it's building and the next ones will be great to read, but I don't like the idea that an author goes into a book knowing that it will not provide a complete story. Thereby pushing the reader to purchase the next one in the series. If it weren't for the slower pacing and the entrapment, the book would receive a much higher score. As it is, I wish I waited for her to finish her trilogy before starting this one! ( )

It has been a few years since I read the first three books in this series, but I was immediately sucked back in. I didn't remember everything that had happened in those books, but I didn't need to. The characters came back to me right away and it was like I had just read the previous books. There were times where Maria had to put in information on the backstory but it was just enough to refresh my memory without being overbearing. It didn't take long for me to finish this book, as the story moved quickly and had lots of action.

All in all, this is a great addition to the series. It has everything you've come to love in these novels. ( )

Not as interesting as the other books in this world. Might just be that I'm losing interest, after multiple trilogies in this world I think I've had enough. ( )

I love Maria V. Snyder and I'm obsessed with Yelena and Valek so it saddens me to say I was slightly disappointed by this book. It was not bad it just was not as good as I wanted it to be. ( )