I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

So. Much. Death. I can't believe how many characters died in this one book. And the ending is just gut wrenching. Nothing got solved, the war wasn't won, yet the story is over. I feel a bit cheated and also like I wasted my time with these novels... I enjoyed the journey up until the ending and then I just felt...blah.

I liked that Tess became a woman who stood up for herself. The way they treated women in this book is despicable - I said that from book 1 - and it didn't get any better by the end of the series.

So I guess I'm glad I got this book off of my to read list, but I can't say it was an enjoyable experience overall. Because I'm left here unsatisfied after 3 books and wishing it could have ended differently.

This book picks up where the previous book left off with little to no insight into what happened before. It was hard to wrap my head around the story without that crucial little bit of recap. When you have books so spaced out and read so much, it's hard to keep track and this headed straight for the action. I was so overwhelmed that it was tiring to try and work my way back into the story.