Kaylin (The Re-Read Queen)'s Reviews > Obsidio

A Strong 4 Stars

"You know better than any what I am. Every story needs a monster.
And this story will end soon"

Holy ███

This entire ending was a W H I R L W I N D of emotions for me, but overall such a satisfying conclusion.

This book brilliantly uses its unique format, just like it's predecessors. It features all the characters we know and love, as well as several new faces. I'm struggling to form a cohesive review so let me just summarize everything awesome it contains:

- Kady Grant and her steely determination. It's our third book with her and she's obviously been through hell, but she still slayys
- Nik and Ezra being besties
- Isaac Grant becoming the entire squad-dad because it's about time someone loved and supported these kids besides me
- Plot twists like whoa
- Ella Malikov brightening every single scene she was in by being the powerful force of nature we all love
- A lot of morally-gray villains and complex side-characters
- Including everyone's favorite tortured-soul computer program, AIDAN
- Who is still tortured, engrossing, and slightly murderous.
- Hanna's beautiful journal entries that perfectly capture her grief and determination
- The introduction of Asha (my pharmacy-tech twin) and her every-man heroism
- Rhy's perfectly coiffed hair

Honestly, the only reason this book isn't 5-Stars is because I wasn't sold on the Kerenza IV plot. I really loved Asha and her relationship with Katya (who is adorable) but there was a TON of side characters all introduced very quickly? In particular I didn't enjoy spending so much time with Rhys and his solider buddies (if I had to hear "The Duke" refer to himself in third-person again I was gonna lose it)

(Rhys also really pales in comparison to Nik and Ezra, but Asha stands on her own as a complex and brave character... but their romance was... not my favorite.)

I think for me, most of this was the way they were introduced. In the previous books we got a chance to learn about characters through messages or interviews before it jumped straight into surveillance footage, and here it was the opposite. This lead to a LOT of the analyst just telling us important character info instead of learning it naturally.

(Also no spoilers, but some of the twists get untwisted a little TOO conveniently for my taste)

(AND NEEDED MORE ELLA)

Overall:

A REALLY satisfying conclusion to a really awesome series. There's tons of action, tons of the characters/couples we love, and a complex discussion about morality and the power of one person.

"It only takes one pebble to start an avalanche"

Sort-of-Buddy-Read with MissMayMay, but really it was just me spamming her in all caps about my emotions WHICH IM STILL HAVING HOW CAN IT BE OVER