The conclusion to a BRILLIANT trilogy, The Golden City was my least favourite of the series.

The first two were breathtakingly brilliant and this one was just okay.

There are two and a half reason why this one did not match up to the first two:

1) The story was not told from Maya's perspective nearly as much. The first two were told almost 90% from Maya's perspective and this one takes Maya almost out of the narrative and it is told from the perspective of the two brothers. Why this was done makes logical sense, but it was still jarring to the reader who has become accustomed to Maya's voice. And I missed her...Michael and Gabriel were not nearly as interesting...or as developed.

2) all the travelling to the other realms. The first two books don't really focus on the actual travelling, and they are more political thrillers than anything else. Than Golden City is alot of travelling and its a fantasy element that almost doesn't fit in. I found myself wanting to skip certain travel sequences....but I didn't.


3) the ending was rather anti-climactic and he needs to write a fourth book.