Finale: A Caraval Novel

My love for this series runs DEEP. 4.5 ⭐️I think book 3 was my favorite of them all, but honestly they’re all incredible.

The only reason I took off .5 of a star was that I feel like throughout all the books there’s just a little bit too much rumination for me. Obviously we need to see the internal dialogue of the characters, but at times, it felt redundant. Regardless of that, I highly recommend this incredible series! I can’t wait to continue in this universe with OUABH!

Finally Finished this, I kept putting it down and getting distracted but here we go... Finale 3rd installment in the Caraval series


It really had its moments and I don't know if maybe bc my head space was not in it or what but it didn't suck me in like the 1st two books or even like the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy did which I absolutely love.
I felt like the whole fates story line got lost in the mix of Scarlett/Julian - Tella/Jacks/legend.
Like the whole back and forth was a bit much for me and I just felt disconnected most of the time. I might have to do a skim through again because I'll be honest there is not much I retained from this book at all and that is just sad. I did highlight a few lines towards the end that got me in my feels but that is about it.

" Love is the one weakness I've never been able to defeat. Humans try to make it sound as if it's a gift. but once they find love, it never lasts. It only destroys"

"You foul, heartless, wretched, cheating, manipulating, apple, sucking demon!" -- that had me

Consider me shocked. I know I haven't been wow'd by this series but I actually liked this one. It was predictable and had the things I liked in the other books and the things I didn't like, but more enjoyable. I like the world and magic system in all these books. I think my problem with the other books is they seem more about teenagers falling in love one moment and not the next. I know this is a YA series but the other books just didn't keep me entertained as this one. Yes this has those moments but there was more of a story and plot that didn't feel all over the place or rushed.

5 ⭐️ This was by far the best of the series. I went in knowing to read this before OUABH, and am very happy with the way it wrapped this up and still left room for expansion into a new series. I'm excited to see what happens with Jacks. I really did feel a little sorry for him even if he was a shit head at times lol. I'm glad after all the drama, both Scarlett and Donatella got their happily ever after. I listened to this on Hoopla, but 100% will be buying physical copies and doing a re-read.

THE IMMORTAL LIBRARY IS MY FOREVER DREAM

World building: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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