Saven Deliverance (The Saven Series Book 5)

I don’t think I’ve ever been this appalled by a book before. I am especially astound that the author wrote this, permanently changing my view of her. And trust me, not in any good way.

I don’t think I can write this without giving away spoilers, so skip to the next paragraph if you don’t wish anything spoiled. Because, I can’t believe the Siobhan Davis tried to paint such a compassionate and victimized picture of a rapist. Sure, it was only attempted rape and not actual rape, but to me that changes nothing. The fact is that he still tried to force himself on her and he would definitely gone through with it hadn’t she stopped him. I am so shocked and disgusted over how it was handled in the story. Instead of being angry or fearful of him Sadie forgives him on the spot staying friends, comforting him and trusting him completely. She kept explaining that there was good in him, he was confused, in a bad place, they had history, blah blah blah. The author basically uses every excuse she could think of to keep him as “the good guy” and there were no consequences to his actions. Trust me, if you have the capacity to force yourself on someone against their will (actually if you even have the mindset of thinking of doing it) then you are a sick despicable human being (or in this case alien) and as far from a good guy as you can get. It is straight up inexcusable, both his character and every other character who didn’t react or treat him any differently after that. The fact that the author excuses such a horrifying incident and character is the most inexcusable of all and really makes me question her moral compass. No wonder she decided to write about aliens without such things.

I have so many other issues with this book that I don’t even know where to start. I can easily say that this was the worst book in the series, mainly thinking of what I wrote above, and the conclusion was so unsatisfying for me. To not make this review into its own book I will try to keep it short.

The Haydn conclusion:
Am I the only one finding it strange that Kesla never before been mentioned by Haydn? Before this book he didn’t even seem to think about her from what I could tell and yet they are in love from out of nowhere? It just made it very obvious that the author just added her to resolve the whole unsatisfying Sadie-Haydn drama (seriously, we still haven’t gotten an actual real apology or explanation from Haydn to his crappy behavior). The very unsubtle motive to adding Kesla in the story was just sloppy.

The time travel complication:
“If Griselda has access to time travel again, then your argument is a moot point. She can easily send someone into the past to kill me.” Then why the hell didn’t she just do this in the first place?! Complicating things by bringing Sadie into it just seems like a huge plot-hole.

King Coryn:
I find it very unrealistic to love someone so much that you don’t know and on top of it all has killed, started a war and hurt you. Sure Dante was his son, but that doesn’t change the fact that he didn’t know him. His unconditional love is unrealistic to have for a stranger of a son.

Anticlimactic endings to Dante and Griselda:
For having hyped up their evil plans and cleverness their conclusion was both rushed and underwhelming. Though I’m not really surprised to be honest. The author had overdone it with subplot after subplot in previous books that there was no room to conclude and resolve everything nicely in one book.

The special snowflake syndrome:
Sadie was special alright, but in all the wrong ways. What rubbed me the wrong way the most was her ability to forgive anyone for precisely anything. No argument, no questions asked. I could tell that that was supposed to be a good quality in her, but I can’t see how. She pretty much gave everyone permission to treat her like crap, because at the end of the day they knew she’d forgive you like it never happened. Overall, I kind of felt that she was too into herself pointing out that she was special, making everything about her and involving herself in other people’s businesses.

Speeches in every crevice:
A cheesy speech is expected in a romance book at some point. Doesn’t mean you have to overdo it. Have it in the bigger moments of the story. Not in every chapter. Don’t even get me started on the overdone lovely-dovy romance speeches and dialogues. Tone it down please. At some point it just becomes unrealistic and cringy.

Chip removal:
The ship behind Sadie’s ear that she can be controlled and tracked by. What has it still not been removed?

Unhealthy relationship:
“Even twenty-four seconds is too long. And it’s not pathetic to want to spend every conceivable second with the person you love most in the universe.” No, just extremely unhealthy. It gives out a very bad message and it feels more like desperation and obsession rather than love.

Speaking mind:
“I used to be a lot like that. It was hard for me to show my feelings, and after years of biting my tongue, it wasn’t easy to speak my mind either.” This has never been apparent in the books. As a matter of fact I always got the feeling that she liked talking about herself for the attention it gave.

Awkward images:
The author finds really strange ways in serious situations to paint awkward pictures, like Sadie shooting lasers out of her eyes like a freaking cartoon, kissing after having just puked, skin wobbling in strong wind and villains doing cliche things like laughing evilly.

Villain101:
A smart villain never reveals names or their plans. That is only done in kids cartoons. Almost every villain in this story needs a copy of the villain rule book.

Overly patriotic:
Every other country, government and culture is conveniently left out. I’m sorry, but isn’t The Amaretti after Earth and not just America? It makes no sense that this only happens in the US and nothing and no one else is mentioned.

Unrealistic reaction to grief:
Apparently aliens and hybrids can schedule grief at a better time? That is just not how it works and it takes the emotional investment out for the reader if grief isn’t dealt with properly.

One thing that I must compliment the story on is that not every character was unrealistically over the moon in love in their relationship since one couple went separate ways. This was kind of forgotten in the end though, since I got the feeling that the author tried to pair every character up with someone just to get a happily ever after for everyone. That just felt so forced, rushed and unnatural to me. Especially for one couple where it felt to me that the guy settled for second best. After this I don’t think I will be reading anything else from this author.

This has been my favorite book series ever, and reading this last book in the series has been bittersweet. I have had a book hangover since I finished it, and even sitting down to write this review has been hard. It’s like saying goodbye to a good friend.

Well enough of that. On to the good stuff…

“Sadie makes my head hurt, my heart race, and my body come alive like I never thought possible. She consumes every part of me, and I never stop thinking about her, all day long, it’s nonstop. When I’m with her, I want to touch her, hold her, feel her body moving with mine. When I’m not with her, I crave her presence like I can’t breathe if she isn’t sharing the same airspace as me. When something good happens, I want to share it with her. When something awful happens, she’s the only one I want to console me. When she’s hurting, I want to absorb her pain and protect her from ever hurting again. And when I’m connected to her, and her soul tangles with mine, I’m in heaven.”

I love all of the characters in this series, but especially Sadie and Logan. Their love is unique in that they have eterno bonded at a soul-deep level and can connect through their minds. You gotta love science fiction. Anyway, Sadie is already quite the powerful girl as it is and when she’s connected to her eterno, Logan, she even more so. Then there’s Ax, throughout the series you go back and forth from feeling bad for him to feeling mad at him. He loves Sadie, but his sadistic mother messed up Sadies life in many ways and Ax didn’t do anything to stop her. Of course, he couldn’t have stopped her and she was all he had. He had a very sad life. You have to read the series, because he’s a very in depth character. I could go on about many more characters, because Siobhan Davis writes wonderful characters. The action in this series was very intense and had you not wanting to put down the book. I can’t say enough good things about it.

This book wrapped up the series so nicely. A lot happened. But, Siobhan Davis tied everything up nicely. Nothing left hanging with no answers. I was sooo pleased with the ending! Every book in this series is a favorite book of mine, and the series is a favorite series…..just love it!! Did I say that already? 🙂 Thank you Siobhan for writing such a wonderful series!

“My life means nothing without her. Sadie is my forever, Haydn, and if the Saven people won’t warm to her as their queen, then they can find themselves a new king.”

Saven Deliverance is a beautiful conclusion to an incredible series. I was afraid to start reading this since I wasn’t ready to let go of the characters, but Siobhan carefully tied up the loose ends of the many plotlines (some I even forgot about) which left me feeling completely satisfied. Full of action, suspense, and swoon-worthy romance, Siobhan also continues the dual POV between Sadie and Logan, and I just adore being in Logan’s head. Now, there were a few scenes that had me sobbing uncontrollably, so prepare yourself with a box of tissues! I strongly suggest picking up all the novellas before you read this if you haven’t yet, and I am excited to see that Siobhan has three more planned!!

I don’t want to say much about the plot because I feel everyone should experience it the same way I did, but I will provide some quotes that I loved.

“That’s where you’re wrong, babe. This is me. You’ve created this monster. I hope you’re proud.” –This scene is one of Siobhan’s best! Wow!

“I f—ing love the bones of you, Sadie Chandler, and don’t you ever forget it.”

“If my aim is off, I risk the whole damn thing exploding on the spot, and then it’s sayonara, lights out, kaput. For everyone.”

“You can do this, brother. I have faith in you.” –Such a moving scene. Get ready for the waterworks with this one!

Well damn, what an ending. Honestly, I have like a million feels to rant about. Therefore, I apologise in advance if this review jumps around a lot – just know, it’s because I enjoyed this series so much, and I’m so sad to see it ending.

As with my review of the prior book, I’m going to give a little recap of my journey through the series. Again, it’s so that you can understand all the feels I experienced.

Siobhan Davis caught my attention through her True Calling book, and whilst I’ve still yet to read the series (I really need to amend that) I did join her advance read team for her Saven series. I had a little bit of an up and down with the first book, but for the most part I enjoyed it. The second book, I devoured. I finished the book in one sitting, and such has been the norm for this series ever since. You see, the cliff-hanger had me in all kinds of knots and the woman does not let up when it comes to leaving you with edge of your seat endings. Two-point-five was wonderful, going against my usual dislike of series novella. Then came book three, and this one hit me the hardest. There is no question that Defiance was my favourite book in the series. There was so much to it, so much I loved, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to survive waiting for the final book in the series.

Alas, there was a bit of a wait.

Truthfully, I was annoyed when I found out Deliverance was being delayed due to Siobhan Davis writing another series. I was all down for her writing something new, but the fangirl in me was cut up about it. Thus, to try and keep my broken heart together I did two things.

The first was to read Finding Kyler, the first book in that new series I’ve just mentioned. I loved it, and once again Siobhan Davis has me anxiously awaiting my next read. I could fangirl all about this series here, but I’ve already written a lengthy fangirl review for that book. Go and read it – I can assure you, it’s a worthwhile read. It’s very different but very much a Siobhan Davis book.

The second thing I did was to read the Lux series. The Saven series has been called the heir to the Lux series, and I’ve been meaning to read it for some time. In fact, the Lux series was sitting on my to-read list prior to me picking up the Saven series. Having now finished both series, though, I can honestly say I favour the Saven series. I can see where some similarities can be found, but as a whole the Saven series blows the Lux series out of the water and leaves you asking ‘what even is the Lux series’.

Despite my attempts to still my beating heart, I still went a little bit crazy when I managed to get my hands on the final Saven book. I think my entire street knew I’d received my advance read – such was my excitement. I jumped into Deliverance as soon as I had the chance, refusing to put it down until I was finished. This then left me with so many emotions at three in the morning that I hated myself for not savouring the story and reading it slowly.

You see, so much happens in this one. It is truly wonderful how everything is brought together. Siobhan Davis lengthened the Saven series to four books, and I’m so glad she did. With this one, she makes sure everything is brought together. Everyone and everything gets some kind of ending. She made sure she paid attention to every detail that had been brought up throughout the series, making sure we knew what had happened to all of the people and places we cared about.

The book starts off a month after the ending of Defiance. There’s a tiny bit of lull in the action due to this, but as always Siobhan Davis brings it back almost instantly. It’s not so much as a lull, as getting you reacquainted with the series. Once we’ve been properly pulled back into the series, Siobhan Davis brings out the big guns and everything starts to come together. I know I’ve said I loved the way everything was given an ending, but I’m going to be honest and say I wasn’t completely happy with every ending that was given.

I think it was just the events in the first part of the book that I didn’t quite enjoy as much as I’d been hoping to. I’m not going to give spoilers and say what happens and who is involved, but the way certain things were brought to an end in the first part of the book didn’t please me as much as I would have liked. Siobhan Davis was brave for bringing the storyline I’m referencing to an end in the way she did, yet I had expected something more from that story arc.

Part of me also feels as though, at first, she was following a list. She was ticking off each story she needed to bring to an end. Honestly, it was just the first part of the book that felt this way. The last two thirds I really enjoyed, as everything was brought together in the wonderful way she mixed things together in book three, but at first I felt as though she was addressing each thing far too individually. It was great to see everything come together, but it didn’t really roll together in the way I had hoped it would until we were part way through the story.

Honestly, with so much going on, it’s not the worst thing that could have happened. As I said, she gave everything an ending. I loved ninety plus percent of it; it was just the odd thing here and there. In part, I think it’s the part of me that wishes this series wasn’t ending. I always manage to find things to complain about when my favourite series come to an end. I’m never satisfied, not completely. However, I should be, because Siobhan Davis has done one hell of a job with this series. It went from a series I was merely interested in to being a series I was completely addicted to: it became so much more than I had expected it would be, I came to enjoy it well beyond what I had initially believed.

Honestly, it was a great book. On top of ensuring everything was answered, Siobhan Davis was sure to throw in a few more twists. A couple were expected – things I’d been considering throughout the prior books was confirmed – but a few of the twists did catch me off guard. There were also some new aspects introduce, developing alien knowledge we’ve developed throughout the series.

I also really liked how we got some scenes from Logan’s point of view. It was great to allow us to know everything that was happening. More importantly, for me, was how it seemed to develop Logan as a character. I came to really enjoyed our main characters as a couple in the prior book, which also meant I came to enjoy Logan a lot more as a character. Being given some scenes from his point of view, however, helped him became much more solid in my mind. It was so nice to see what he was thinking, how he was feeling. He became something more in my mind, and I loved the little insight we were given. In fact, I wish we’d been given even more from his perspective as I enjoyed his point of view so much.

I really could say so much more. I want to say more. Yet I feel as though I’m saying everything and nothing in this review. I’m just such a fangirl, and my heart is broken because the series is ended, yet my heart has been fixed because I loved how it ended, but I don’t want to say too much as I have no wish to spoil things for people – all in all, this run on sentence could go on for a very long time, much like this review could. Thus, I’ll bring this review to an end.

In short, I loved this series. This final book is wonderful in bring everything together. If you’ve enjoyed the rest of the series then you need to read this, you need to see the wonderful ending Siobhan Davis has given us.

As a final note, I would like to say the biggest thank you to Siobhan Davis for allowing me to advance read this series. I loved it: thank you, thank you, and thank you. I cannot wait to read the short stories that are to be released, knowing they will go some way to keeping the series alive for longer as I await more tales with the characters I love.

This is the last book, barring any novellas, in the Saven series. As a fan of Siobhan Davis’ work, I was very eager to read it and thankful to be given an ARC to read prior to its release!

In continuing with the Saven series, we pick up where book 3 left off and are anxious about the fate of Hadyn and finding out what will happen next for the people of Saven, Sadie and Logan, and the people left on Earth. The emotions are high throughout the story, as we’ve lost some characters and will continue to see loss and mourning. We will also have some questions answered that we might not have even thought to ask yet! We get to see some characters again that we hadn’t seen for awhile and we get to see interactions and relationships between some of the characters evolve and grow. I love that about a good story and a set of complex characters…how you can see them learning from mistakes, changing to adjust and adapt to their current situations, and doing both in such a natural way that it’s like watching your own friends.

A lot is at stake for Sadie and Logan and they are doing everything they can to save those they care about and fix the wrongs of people in their lives. We also get to see how truly close they’ve become as a couple and how much they mean to each other. But theirs isn’t the only relationship to watch…you’ll have to pick up the book and read it to find out what I’m talking about!

If you’re a fan of Davis’ previous books, especially the Saven series itself, you’re going to want to pick this book up as soon as you can. Now that the series is done, I’m very excited for the promised novellas telling us some tales of other characters. Davis just does not disappoint in her writing.