End of Days

Actual rating: 3.5 starsAfter the epic [b:Angelfall 15863832 Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) Susan Ee https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1381264956s/15863832.jpg 16435765] and [b:World After 17849112 World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) Susan Ee https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1423238855s/17849112.jpg 18142457], End of Days left me feeling a bit conflicted. The plot is still fast-paced and action packed, and the pacing is still as great as always... but I have to admit that I'm not too fond of how Penryn behaves in the first half of the book. In the previous books, I loved how Penryn never worried too much about emotions and just tackled the issues in front of her. But in this book, she becomes notably more emotional. More... angsty. Even in dire situations, she would make comments about how Raffe doesn't want her or how they can never be together.Yes, yes, I know, it's hard to deal with emotions. The vault in Penryn's head already has too many things stuffed into it, and it doesn't help that she's only 17—a teenager. But still, after reading about her awesomeness in the previous books, I couldn't help but think: “Wow, Penryn... what happened to you?”While I'm glad that Penryn and Raffe get their happy ending, I feel like the series need more development before reaching a conclusion. There are way too many things squished into the last 25% or so, so the quick conclusion felt shallow... and cheesy at some points. Some things like Obi's death also feels like a convenient way to wrap things up, and in the end it's more like deus ex machina than anything else. There's a lot of questions which remain unanswered, though I do like how the world isn't magically fixed in the end. It stays broken, and everyone who has been scarred stay that way.I wish we'd get to see Laylah fixing Raffe and Paige too. At least a glimpse of it, instead of having deus ex machina and suddenly seeing them in better condition.Complaints aside, I did enjoy this book and the ending—I just feel like it could've been better. The Watchers are awesome though, so I'm a bit sad that they didn't get much spotlight. Can we see more of them, please? Pretty please?