House of Flame and Shadow

As far as trilogy conclusions go, this was decently good. The otherworldly crossover was neat, even though I'm not familiar with the rest of Maas' series yet. The explanation for the nature of the civilization tied in decently, even though I felt the lack of presence from the main villain until the very end was jarring. On that same note, there being little depiction of the other villain characters made sense as far as the pacing and packing things in, but there was a lot of fluff that could've been removed to make room for more lore. I tuned out at the sex scenes or skipped them altogether, because they didn't add much for me, which then felt a bit irksome when they resulted in development in Bryce's or Umbra's powers. The foreshadowing and exploration of the different races, the villain's impact on the world did it for me. I also quite liked the identity of the Librarian/Priest witch lady being revealed, though it was a bit unsatisfying. Did she truly turn enemies into creatures?