I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed the series so far and wanted to see how it would end. This series has been enjoyable so far, but I was expecting more from the final book in this trilogy.  

This book is about Jude who we have been following for the past two books. Jude has now been exiled as the mortal Queen of Faerie. She is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. When an opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the Faerie Court and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines, she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics. And when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity.  

I understand the hype around this series, I enjoyed it, and the storyline was strong, minus the ending. The fantasy world was built up as the storyline moved along. I loved the tension between Cardan and Jude and how Cardan knew it was Jude when he saw her and wanted to talk to her and protect her. I love that Oak just wanted to be a kid and Viv just wanted to be happy with her girlfriend like I'm sure no-one wants to be a part of a war. I loved the cameo from Roiben and Kaye and I loved that Kaye was still breaking fae rules.  

I know it’s a young adult book, but I still wanted to punch most of these characters. What would they have done without Jude? Like seriously? These people need to think for themselves. Again, this is why children shouldn’t have power at all. Also, Jude’s dad didn’t get the painful ending that I wanted. I wanted him to have a painful death. The ending was rushed, and I wasn’t as stressed from the war panic, I was more concerned about The Roach dying and if he was dead. I just felt like there was no need to turn Carden into a serpent like that was random.  

All throughout this series I was just wanting someone to stuck up for Jude as much as she sticks up for herself and it happened within the last chapter, so I was slightly disappointed about that.