Review: Such a good series -- I want so many more books!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
I am really not sure how I feel about this book.  I guess I shouldn't have expected a happy ending (or even a sort of happy ending) but this one just left me... kind of depressed.I was just coming off the high of the last book, where James was kicking ass and taking names, and then we get dumped into this book where it seems that both James and Elise are just a shadow of their formerly kick-ass selves.  Elise is tortured and has feelings, James is acting like a sad puppy, and the only ones really kicking ass are their "sidekicks" in the form of Malcolm (one of my faves) and Nathaniel.  Eventually we get some more Elise bad-assery, but it takes most of the book to get there.  This is not to say that I didn't enjoy this book - every book that has Elise and/or James story in it will still capture my attention and keep the pages turning.We learn all the answers to things that might have come up along the way in the series (even things I missed or was oblivious to).  There were a lot of loose ends getting tied up, which always makes for a good "end of series" installment.  Usually my reviews of end of series books involve a lot of questions that I still have for the author, but I can't think of a single one in this case.I will miss the James and Elise we got to see along this journey and hope that some more installments in the spinoff series can get them back to a somewhat functional/dysfunctional relationship like they used to have.  It is always really hard when you get the relationship to develop between characters in a book, only to have no idea where you wish it would go.  Do I wish for a happy ending for Elise and James?  Yes - but would that be in their characters?  Probably not.  Maybe I wish for a moderately happy ending for them in the form of a stable relationship, but still fighting all the big bads.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see where this next book takes them.