Book #40

[katikat]

"Shadow's Master (Shadow Saga #3)" by Jon Sprunk

Rating: ♣ ♣

Again, two storylines: Caim's and Josey's. But where Josey kept growing on me more and more with every book, Caim became less and less likable over time.

In book one, I really liked Caim. In book two, he made me frown most of the time. And in book three? He turned into an irresponsible, selfish dick. Just how many times did he ponder abandoning his friends in the wastes? And his relationship with Kit? Cringe-worthy.

Kit was a flighty, spoiled brat who didn't think about anything but her own desires - the fact that she ended up freeing Caim from the citadel prison did not negate all the crap she pulled throughout the three books. Everything about her was actually about him. We learned that she was a Fae but that was pretty much it, all her background. Nothing about her life before, about the society she used to live in. Zip. Nada.

With Josey, it was the other way around. She started as a spoiled brat and turned into a real empresses - though her endless oohing and ahhing about Caim got on my nerves pretty fast too. And we still don't know how she plans to explain her "immaculate conception" to her subjects. That was one thread I would have really loved to see tied up.

Overall, I was disappointed by this book and I'm glad this series is over.