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End of Days by Susan Ee Series: Penryn And The End of Days #3
Published by Skyscape on 12th May 2015
Pages: 344
Genres: Apocalyptic
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy.
After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe’s past unleashes dark forces that threaten them all.
When the angels release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a path toward war. As unlikely alliances form and strategies shift, who will emerge victorious? Forced to pick sides in the fight for control of the earthly realm, Raffe and Penryn must choose: Their own kind, or each other?
This is a review for the much awaited conclusion of Penryn and The End of Days trilogy. I’m still waiting for this much awaited conclusion because I refuse to believe what I just read was it.
It’s not that End of Days was necessarily bad or poorly written. No, it’s not that. The writing is consistent with her previous novels and the novel itself was reasonably satisfactory. But I didn’t want satisfactory for the end of Penryn and Raffe’s journey.
This was supposed to be epic. Earth shattering. The emotions were supposed to be soaring out of control on a unicorn with no sense of direction except for up! This was supposed to be a roller coaster ride of emotions that doesn’t stop until everyone on it has puked on each other’s faces.
There was more emotion, sexual tension and drama in Angelfalls pinky finger than in End of Days’ whole body. Where did that raw emotional connection go? What happened with these characters that they are just so blasé about each other and that I am, in turn, blasé about them?
God, by the end of the book I was just like:
I’m not trying to be mean about this. I know it’s hard to really knock it out of the park, but that’s what this series deserved. It was owed so much more than this. I’m angriest because I know that Ee has it in her to wring truly powerful moments of raw emotion from her characters and readers. I felt it when Penryn was paralysed in Angelfall. I felt it when Raffe first realised Penryn was alive again in World After.
Yet I honestly can’t think of a single moment of End of Days that sticks out to me as emotive or heartfelt. No single moment where my heart ached for the characters or the situation. Not a single Eeism, which I define as a condition when you want to marry a book because it gave you so many feels.
This isn’t the review I wanted to be writing for End of Days. I kind of wish, now, that I had never read it and could keep going on imagining something more epic for these Starcrossed Lovers. Something that would do the story justice as a final book.
Kat Kennedy
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Lisa (Fic Talk)
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That first gif says it all. Great review, Kat.
Kat Kennedy
Thanks Lisa!
Bieke @ Istyria book blog
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Ouch 🙁 Not was I was hoping for.
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Kat Kennedy
I know. This definitely isn’t the review I wanted to write.
Erin
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Kat Kennedy
I KNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!
La Coccinelle @ The Ladybug Reads...
Well, that’s disappointing. I’m probably still going to give it a try. I never have really high hopes for final books in series, anyway; they often don’t live up to expectations.
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Kat Kennedy
I highly suggest giving it a try for yourself, yes. You may end up loving it. I’m just bitterly disappointed.
Liza @ Reading with ABC
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I’m SO sad about this Kat 🙁 I love this series. I’m still reading the book though and I hope I like it more than you did.
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Kat Kennedy
I sincerely hope you like it more than I did. I really do.
Laura Thomas
Uh oh. I’m getting ready to start this series!
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Natalie M.
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Oh no. And I’ve been waiting for this to come out, so I can read World After and End Of Days back-to-back.
Matt
Yeah…. After loving Angelfall, World After really didn’t do it for me so I think I will be skipping this one.
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Shannelle C.
YOU HAVE ME TERRIFIEDDDDD
Kelly @ Dancing Through the Pages
I haven’t read it but I got the first two books off of Netgalley and read them back to back and loved it two weeks ago because I knew the last one was coming out. I was really excited but now hearing this, I don’t know what if I should put off reading it or try to read it asap :/
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Ari
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Uhh, I really hope that i will enjoy it better. You make me scared a bit, but I understand your feelings 😐
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