"All things find a way back home."
At the bottom of the Chasm, Dawsyn and her followers traipse through the darkness to find their long-awaited home. But there are whispers all around them and safety is never guaranteed. With her powers much depleted, and food supplies running low, will they even survive the journey?
Above, the Queen and the new King of Glacia still bay for Dawsyn's blood, and they will not stop in their quest to destroy her. And with the help of someone Dawsyn thought her friend, they creep ever closer. Long-buried secrets will be revealed, hearts will be broken and a new day will dawn. Who will reign in this climactic conclusion to the epic Glacian Trilogy?
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First line:
The Queen Consort of Terrasaw keeps pace with her wife through the corridors of the palace, her tone blithe and her smile more so.
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Source:
Source:
Netgalley eARC in exchange for an honest review
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Rating:
4 Wings out of 5
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This final book in the trilogy is definitely my favorite. I felt like I was into the story more (once I got a bit in) and I was loving the character development from our two main characters. However, I still feel like our supporting ensemble got the short end of the stick. I wanted more of them. We spent half or more of this book in the chasm with several dozen people, but it didn't feel like our characters were surrounded by people. I also wish we'd just gotten to see more personality from our favorite supporting characters. Often, they felt like they were there only as show and did not contribute to the story, which is disappointing because I wanted to like all of them but did not feel connected.
I was worried there at the end that is was just gonna be an abrupt ending and I was going to hate it, but the Epilogue was absolute perfection and gave us enough info that we can be satisfied with everybody's ending. I am really happy with how things were wrapped up by McEwan.
I also just have some thoughts on Yennes. Nobody in the chasm mentions knowing Yennes. I know it's been a hot second since she was on the ledge, but surely someone recognized her and said something. I also am still confused about her motives for her actions later in the book because they weren't well explained. I really enjoyed her POV chapters giving us a glimpse from the past. I felt these chapters taking place in the past were much better done than in Chasm.
On another side note, what happened to all the human servants and the humans that were essentially post-pool zombies? They just never get mentioned again.
Overall, this was an okay series. You might like it, you might not. I'm glad I got this review copy because I'm not sure if I would have finished the series otherwise and I did enjoy this conclusion to the story.
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