Review: Intriguing paranormal sci-fi series, but this felt like the end
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2011
I have no idea if this is the last book of the series or not, but it certainly felt like it.  Having said that, this is not the place to start and you would need to go back to the first for any of it to make sense.  I've truly enjoyed this series and it's very hard to put it into a category, urban fantasy?  paranormal romance? Scifi?  Actually, the protagonist, Lissa, is a category unto herself, and although there's vampires and werwolves, races from several worlds, monsters and everything else, the only person you care about is Lissa.  From the first book to this latest installment, there's something emotional that has me nearly in tears alongside Lissa as she deals with disappointment, lies and betrayals on her path to her destiny.  All you truly care want is for her to find happiness, but it's always seemingly out of her reach, and just when she thinks she's found her rythym, her life gets turned upside down.After defeating big baddy vampire Xenides in the last book, Lissa's father, Griffin, shows up and takes her, without any downtime, to Kifirin, the planet not her mate, three hundred years into the future.  The planet and all its inhabitants are dying in a bloody battle against the Ra'Ak and evil High Demons and should this planet be taken, the rest of them will fall like dominoes.  Lissa quickly assesses the situation and jumps in to save the world, but with her exhaustion, she knows this particular effort will be her last and she sacrifices her life to protect many.  All of her friends heart wrenchingly mourn her loss, but an unknown entity ultimately ends up swiftly erasing Lissa's history from their minds to protect her identity should anyone attempt to turn back time and eliminate her before she can save the world.  In a nutshell, it's complicated. Although Lissa's death is foreseen and the decision still made to proceed with the event, what's not foreseen is that she would survive, only when she comes around, only a limited number of people remember her and they are not the ones she meets when she comes to.Once again, Lissa is thrown into a world where things keep happening to her and she has to learn to adjust or simply let go.  Being 300 hundred years in the future, there is a plethora of new characters and new lovers waiting for her.  All the friends she thought she knew and adored either betrayed her, don't even know she exists, or are simply long dead and she has to once again deal with her heartache alone.  The greatest progression this time around is that Lissa is no doormat and takes a stand against the way people treat her.  How the book ends is a culmination of all the hints and progressions to where she would end up and it felt like a conclusion to the series.  If so, I'm quite satisfied with it, since Lissa's powers are universal and I'm not sure where you can go from here in terms of development.  If not, then I'm back on the bandwagon for her to finding trust and true love since she hasn't really given her heart to anyone.