Review: I tried oh how I tried
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2014
The word of the central series is so intriguing that I just had to read all three in the series. I put up the sometimes abrupt story telling, the sudden narrative changes, the unbelievable character decisions, the last minute saves and the ridiculous, annoying, petulant main character Alex.I kept with it all hoping it would get better. Hoping this exciting world would get fleshed out. That characters would get defined and mature. The maybe just maybe the fabric of this world would get teased out and I could understand.Alas, nope. The last 1/3, or half of this book is just a disappointing slog of a mess of a climax of an ending of the finale of a book ever. Yep just like that sentence. It's hard to follow in places, never ending in others, hard to believe in others and just all over the map.The only consistent thing about this series is frustration and Alex's immature annoying whining. I rooted for him to die more than a few times.The thing is the concept of these books are just sooo fantastic and wonderful. The writing just needs to be more cohesive and tighter. It needs a few good editors. Maybe more rewrites and a better outline or arc. And then it will be something truly special.