Breach Zone

Interesting way to end the series.

Executive Summary: A decent ending to the series. It was slow at times and the ending felt rushed, but I thought things were still wrapped up well.Audiobook: Korey Jackson once again does a good job. He's well-spoken and easy to hear and understand. This isn't a must listen, but it's definitely a book that works well in audio. (And yes, I did copy/paste this part from my last review ^_^)Full ReviewJust as [b:Fortress Frontier 14759319 Fortress Frontier (Shadow Ops, #2) Myke Cole https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344889489s/14759319.jpg 45914188] did, this book swaps to a new viewport character. While I was happy about that for book 2, I was a bit disappointed here. Oscar Britton and Alan Bookbinder are largely relegated to secondary characters. I'm fine with less of Britton, but Bookbinder is definitely my favorite character of the series. Instead of a new character for a POV, a secondary character from [b:Control Point 11783484 Control Point (Shadow Ops, #1) Myke Cole https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309460843s/11783484.jpg 15964749] earns a promotion here. I haven't liked Harlequin since meeting him in the first book. However, thanks to getting inside his head, a series of flashbacks, and character growth, I found him much more likeable this time around. We get a lot more world building in this one, at least in terms of how the state of the first book came to be. We don't learn everything though. Magic continues to be total hand-waving and largely unexplained. While that kind of thing tends to bother me in general, there really wasn't room for it here.The main plot of this one was pretty good, but this book suffered a bit from pacing issues. I felt like some of the early parts dragged a bit, while the ending felt a bit rushed.A lot of the world building was done through flashbacks. I enjoyed them overall, but I tired of them a bit by the end. It might have been a bit better with one or two fewer if he had simply cut out some extra details to the main plot.By the end of the book, I was wondering if he'd be able to wrap things up well or not. I feel like he brought things to a good conclusion, but it could have used more detail. All the pieces sort of fell into place at the last moment.Overall I enjoyed the book and the series though, and I'll definitely be checking out the prequel series at some point.

A really brief review (a reviewlet?) from a blog post reviewing a handful of series-finales

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Shadow Ops