Sally Green
Published August 27th 2020
This is the final book in The Smoke Thieves series and therefore this review will contain spoilers for the first books in the series.
I pre-ordered this book as I have with every Sally Green novel and made sure I wasn't reading any other books when it was released so i could dive straight in. I didn't have too high expectations for this book as i had found the second book was a disappointment. The finale was definitely better but I think overall the series was a let down.
Sally Green's characters are what make her books so compelling. I loved all of the main characters and felt they were all very fleshed out. The relationship in this novel were tied up in a way I believe will satisfy most readers, possibly it was tied up too nicely.
For me the biggest issue I had with this book was the ending. It felt very convenient and unoriginal despite this being a total plot twist. It felt as if Sally Green had no idea how she was going to end it so pulled this random idea out of the blue that led to the ending she wanted. Possibly if there had been clues throughout the series it would have impressed me.
Her first series Half Bad is my favourite series of all time and fantasy like this isn't particularly my genre. However I'm not sure i would recommend the series to anyone as I think other series will do this similar premise way better. Saying all that she is still firmly one of my favourite authors, I find her writing style so comfortable. I am already excited for whatever she publishes next, I'm really hoping for her to do a standalone and to see what she can do with that.
In conclusion, a disappointing end to the series but still worth the read if you have read the other books in the series especially after the cliff hanger we were left on in the second books. I give the 3 stars
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