Ratings219
Average rating3.9
2.5 stars I wasn't a massive fan of the series to start with, but this was painful to get through.
I loved the twist , the pain , the betrayal and the sacrifice and finale true true love❤
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Ok, now that the people who haven't read it are safe, I can discuss freely.
This is one of my favorite book series. The first book drew me in entirely with its premise and promise of magic and dreams. I'm also a sucker for a magical carnival.
Scarlett and Donatella are great protagonists and I have nothing against their characters. The parts that bothered me are that the Legend/Tella thing is dragged on for wayyyyyyy too long in the last book. It was hard to read at times. But, I am happy with how it turned out in the end. A fitting end for all.
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We never find out if Tella lives past the initial seventeen years or not after her daughter is born. The sisters said that she would have to find out her daughter's secret by her daughter's seventeenth birthday or she would die. I think that's kind of an important part to not wrap up.
I also kind of liked the whole game between Julian and Nicolas but it didn't last long enough to go anywhere. My favorite character progression's was Scarlett's only because Donatella was so wishy washy with her feelings.
Overall, this was a great way to end the series. I look forward to more books from this author.
I really enjoyed this book. It was slow to start, but after about 100 pages it really picked up the pace and kept me hooked. I enjoyed both Tella and Scarlett's growth throughout the trilogy. A satisfying ending to and entertaining story. This was my favorite book of the series.
4.5 Stars
Thoughts to come after I have had time to process everything that just happened.
I REALLY wanted to five star this one. I love this series. I still love this series. But I've got a few issues. The ending was okay. But I needed more than okay. I needed something WAY more tragic. I know that seems horrible on my part but that was the vibe of the book...Fates, magic, love triangles, lies upon lies, some dude name LEGEND for christ's sake. It didn't really get going until the middle of the book but I'm okay with that since the second book ended with a bang...people need time to recuperate and breathe. Even people in magical stories. Other than that, I will miss the world of Caraval...and I'll be reading this again at some point.
4,5*
A bit repetitive at times but other than that this book is a great conclusion to the series!
So I just finished Finale by Stephanie Garber yesterday and I really liked it. I think it is a really good conclusion to the saga and it def become truely about romance. Love is absolutely in the center of this 3rd book. We get to know more about the fates which is awsome and also about Paradise lost, the girls mother.
But I have to say I was a little bit disappointed by the fact that the end seems to easy to me. Like love triumphs, everyone is happy and rich... etc
I have to say that especially in this one that the character would struggle a little bit more and would not have a flat happy ending. I love the ending of the second book because it didn't feel to easy.
I would have like to see Legend really scared at the end about the future or something like that.
But I did have a really good time and I still love the universe!