The Final Strife

I don't know why I keep (accidentally) picking up these ya fantasy books. I didn't even know it's YA. Not sure it is. It feels like YA: The characters are 20ish yrs old, supposedly meant to hold the key to change the world, and acting like such brats...

...at least halfway through the book.

Then that annoyingly caricatured tropey landscape (and don't get me started on the useless love triangle) suddenly chips away and reveals depth and layers, and yes, a lot of this is predictable, but there are also little clever twists.

The last 20% really made the difference for me. I did a lot of eye-rolling and sighing through it, but suddenly I'm left wanting to read the sequel ??? right now.

There's a reveal at the end I'm very excited about and I can't talk about it here (because: no spoilers) and it frustrates me.