THIS IS IT.
Sixteen-year-old orphan Dru Anderson has faced down suckers, zombies, and wulfen without flinching. And now that she's bloomed into a full-fledged svetocha, she doesn't even need a gun. But the Real World is still a frightening place...and things are about to get ugly. Really ugly.
Dru Anderson has escaped with her life, but she's not out of the woods yet. She's on the lam in a stolen car with her best friend Graves riding shotgun and a Broken wulf named Ash curled up in the backseat. Desperate, Dru heads deep into the Appalachian Mountains to the one place she thinks they'll be safe. But her grandmother's wards and enchantments can't keep Dru's scent from the suckers for long--especially when Dru is betrayed by the one person she trusts most.
It's all come down to this.
ONE battle. ONE choice. ONE final sacrifice.
So I finally got around to Lili St. Crow's finale to her epic Strange Angels series, Reckoning! And it was pretty good! The one thing that bugged me was that it had been so long since I've read the books I felt a little lost at first and it took some time for me to get caught up. There were quiet enough clues for me to remember what happened last time completely or even vaguely.
But it was still good! Really fast paced too! Dru goes from place to place trying to find a safe place for her and her friends, but it's a task easier said than done! There was a lot left unsaid between Dru and everyone at the Schola, but it was what she had to do to escape. Sergei is still out there and calling for her blood.
There was a LOT of tension with Dru and the guys this time around! We've been with this love triangle for 4 books now and the tension is still thick! And this was one where I could never really pick a "team" that I liked. But for this book I was fully on team Graves! But still, Lili really can play with my emotions in this one, she practically makes you like both guys at times! Each one is complicated and hard to figure out.
The ending was pretty good, I say pretty good because this was one where the tail ending left me a little unhappy. There just felt like one too many loose-ends left hanging. Really there was 1 that drove me nuts, and the other of course is "what will Dru do now?" kind of thing which is no biggie. Either than that, I really did like the whole book! It was just the end that made me a little unhappy or unsatisfied. But still, do not let this stop you from reading it of course! It's the finale! And if you haven't read the series yet, I still recommend it, for it was one helluva thrill ride!
Overall rating 4/5 stars
