![]() A happy ending after everything that happened to Adair, Lanny, and Jonathan? As much as I love a happy ending to most of my books, it didn’t seem to completely fit this dark-hearted tale. Considering how dark and gothic the first two novels in the series were, I found myself surprised by how happily things work out in the end for most of the characters. I also found myself conflicted over the ending. I know I’m probably being ridiculous (after all the first two books were about dark magic giving people immortality, so why not throw in some gods as well?), but it just didn’t match the direction that I personally saw the story arch going. Although there were hints given in The Reckoning that the final book would somehow deal with the underworld, the shift of the book from the human world to that of the gods just felt a little too farfetched to me. Now to be fair, it’s rare for me to ever be completely satisfied in the final book of any series that I love, but the entire direction and feel of The Descent was so different from the first two books, that it just didn’t seem like it belonged at all. Unfortunately, The Descent left me disappointed and deflated. After falling head over heels in love with both The Taker and The Reckoning by Alma Katsu, I had been waiting on pins and needles for over a year to find out what would happen to Lanny, Adair, and Jonathan in the final book of the trilogy. This is the review that I wish I didn’t have to write. ![]()
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