Lia and Rafe have escaped Venda and the path before them is winding and dangerous – what will happen now? This third and final book in The Remnant Chronicles is not to be missed.Bestselling author Mary E. Pearson’s combination of intrigue, suspense, romance and action make this a riveting page turner for teens.
The Beauty of Darkness
By maryepearson
I fell in love with this series when Mary E. Pearson totally surprised me by tricking the readers into believing the wrong thing about the two main characters. It’s been an amazing adventure to follow the adventures, loves, heartaches and hopes of Jezelia and Rafe and come to a satisfying end to their journey. Couldn’t recommend it highly enough. Bravo, Ms. Pearse.
A good read. I liked the 2nd book so much better but this one wasnt so bad. It did take me a while to read it as I was a little bit bored at times BUT when I managed to get back on I did enjoy it.
It is very…. interesting
It’s great
Wonderful conclusion to this trilogy. Excellent heroine and the way it comes together at the end is satisfying. I loved this story and am now a fan of Mary E. Pearson.
This review MAY contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.
I am totally weeping right now! OMG, this is the perfect end for this series. =D I admit, I was not as enthralled by the first book of this series like most others were. The series grew on me. It got better with each book. I am glad to have another favorite series to fawn over.
I loved the twists and turns in this final installment of The Remnant Chronicles. The political intrigue was great! I honestly did not have the traitors pinned down, so when the identities came to light I was a little shocked. And that is awesome! I hate predictability in books, as I have said before in my reviews, so anytime an author can surprise me I am totally jazzed. Other things in the book did not happen as I suspected either, like how things ended and who ended up with who in the end. The fates of the main characters.
The character development was so intense! OMG, loved how these characters grew into my heart! A lot of my surprise at how things turned out in the story, as I mentioned above, happened because of the character development. I thought that one character was turning down a dark path that would affect the other characters, but things didn’t turn out as I expected. There was a line said in the book many times that I think holds true to the characters, and that is “people can change”. So many characters showed their true colors in this finale.
Speaking of characters, I loved reading about female friendship and how important it is in this series. Pearson did a great job of cementing the importance of female friendship in the first book, and it only grew as the series went on. Lia’s friends loved her like family. I think that female friendship gets passed over in a lot of books to make way for a great romance, so I was delighted at how powerful the concept is in The Remnant Chronicles.
I am such a sap, but I love the ending relationships in this book. My heart was melting all over the place. Pauline, Gwyneth, Lia…sigh. I also adored how much Lia’s parents and brothers loved her and believed in her.
If I had any complaints about this book or this series as a whole, it would be the lack of romance. Don’t get me wrong, because there IS romance in this series. I mean, come on, it’s a romantic fantasy. But, in general, the romantic scenes were few and far between. There was a ton of romantic tension due to the story circumstances, but I felt like I needed something more. The romance in this series did not fully whet my appetite. (And I am not the biggest romance book fan in general, so that’s saying something.) I like there to be romance, but I don’t want it to overshadow the story itself. Sure, this was a romantic fantasy, but there were so many other things going on.
This was clearly a dystopian-like story. There is the talk of ruins of structures that touched the sky, and the stories and songs that their religions are based on stem from what sounds like a nuclear strike and the aftermath that the survivors faced. I disliked that there was no big reveal at the end that explains if the Ancients were truly from our modern day society or not. Deep inside I NEEDED to know this, but it never came. I suppose not knowing does add to the magic this story holds over the reader, but I personally would have preferred knowing.
I felt like the battle scene could have been more intense. It happens at the very end of the book, and it felt like it was over before it had begun.
All in all, I couldn’t have been more happy with the end of this series! I know that there has been a lot of controversy in regard to the ending. Many people loved it, and others not so much. I would have to recommend the book because so much can change in a book series. No matter your expectations, I recommend this book wholeheartedly. I admit, the first book of this series did not totally impress me, but the journey was worth it!
This is going to be one of the hardest reviews I’ve ever written. It was just SO GOOD. What do I say?! How do I tell you about the awesomeness of this story and its series?? How do I convey this story’s magic without spoiling the surprises for you?
First off, this group of characters just blew me away. I loved the good guys as well as the bad guys. They each made such a lasting impression on me. I felt like I knew them personally. The author truly brought these characters to life and I’m forever grateful to have “met” them.
I loved watching our main character Lia grow and find herself. You could see from book to book the woman she was becoming….the leader she was becoming. I rooted so hard for this girl. I wanted her to succeed in everything she put her mind to. Lia had a heart of gold. She just wanted everyone to be treated properly and to have a fair shot at life. Man, isn’t that the ultimate dream right there? I loved watching her stand up for those without a voice, for those who needed a champion to fight for them. It was truly something special to behold.
This book held so much within its 679 pages. We saw hardships, love, sacrifice, friendships, and everything in between. The camaraderie of this group is something I can’t stress enough. They truly became family. One I desperately wanted to join in on haha!!
Overall, this series is something you will enjoy. I have no doubt in that! I will not hesitate to pick up anything this author writes. I hope she writes 800 spin offs for this particular series. I could read an entire book on any one of the characters from this series. I just need more time with them and this world. I never want it to end.
I have so much more I want to say but I do not want to spoil this book/series for you. Pick it up and fall in love just like I did.
This is a story with many elements. Fantasy, drama, romance, politics and so on. The first three factors I absolutely loved! It was almost a forbidden romance which added to the drama and I loved the relationships, both between Lia and Rafe and also between Kaden and Pauline. However, I’m not so fond of the political part. I feel that it dragged out the story and the preparation for war took up to much of the book. It made it boring to read and I actually had to put the book away and read another few books before I could try to work myself past that part of the story. I feel like that’s the thing this author might need to work on in the series as a whole.
Mary is an amazing writer, don’t get me wrong, but every book in this series has a part where the story drags on without much interesting happens. It becomes kind of slow paced and I think it would help the storyline a lot if she shortened the story a bit by taking away these moments in the book where there isn’t much going on.
Otherwise it was a great experience reading these books. The characters and their development throughout the series was perfect. There was a great deal of drama and an amazing world painted for us. To summarize, an amazing read!