4.5 out of 5 stars
E-book. Kindle Unlimited. 246 pages. Published February 4th 2020
Blurb:
Series Finale
With all of his mates assembled, Sawyer Smith should be ready for his own version of the end game. He must defeat the god of air and restore both of their broken magics to all of the realms. There’s only one problem: he still doesn’t know how to do it.
HIs brother is a god and is raising the forces of darkness against Sawyer and his mates more quickly than he can mount a defense. It’s time to fight, but Sawyer has too much to lose to risk disaster. As the final pieces of the puzzle fall into place, Sawyer is faced with a task that seems impossible. He must go into battle without the knowledge or power to win.
So many of his questions remain unanswered, but Sawyer knows one thing: He will stop at nothing to keep his mates safe.
Likes:
- Pip.
- It’s not easy for Sawyer to defeat Palinourous.
- Dakota’s family.
- Good solution to Sawyer’s problems.
- Good end to Sawyer’s story.
Dislikes:
- 9 versions of the fight.
- Wanted to see Pip and Dakota together.
- Felt like Pip got shortchanged.
- What is Pip?
- That Sawyer’s the god of metal.
- Not a ton of planning for the fights.
I didn’t talk about the things that happened at the end of Nothing Gained in that review to keep from spoiling anything, so I’ll mention them briefly now.
First, I loved Pip. He was cute, and the way he so desperately wanted one of the guys to be his mate was adorable. Watching him realize that he got to be mated to all eight of the guys was fun, and I’m glad he got a hot smut scene. I did hope that Pip and Dakota would have a smut scene together, since it seemed like they had chemistry, and were the two newest guardians.
In the end, I felt like Pip got shortchanged. He was barely in the story at all, even less than Dakota, whose wonderful family got featured heavily. Plus, I don’t know what type of being Pip even was. He didn’t shift, but could manifest otters. If the book named his species, I totally missed it.
I was, and still am, less than thrilled at Sawyer being the god of metal. Typically, when five elements are introduced, the final one is ether/aether, as metal comes from the ground and is seen as a part of the earth element. I get the feeling Sawyer’s connection to metal was so he could do a kind of quasi-bloodbending, but I also feel like that could have just as easily been associated with ether if the author had chosen to do so. Normally I don’t mind when authors subvert expectations, but in this case I just don’t get the choice to have Sawyer’s godhood be connected to metal.
Despite those two complaints, I was excited for the big showdown in this book. Sawyer has a lot of worries, both about the fight against Palinourous and what would happen after it. I liked his solution for what happened after the fight. It worked with the stories and the characters involved.
However, I didn’t love the first fight scene. Or rather, scenes. Each one of the nine main characters got a point of view section for the same fight, which got super tedious. Especially since it was basically the same thing happening nine times. Totally unnecessary in my opinion.
That being said, I’m glad that it wasn’t easy for Sawyer to defeat Palinourous. Sawyer has had it fairly easy throughout the series, getting help from his mom and sisters, his mates, hellhounds, vampires, griffins, and more. I was a little worried that he’d just come up with a plan and it would go off without a hitch. Especially since there’s not a ton of planning involved. They definitely had a ‘just show up and fight’ kind of mentality. But Sawyer really does struggle to come up with a solution to the fight with Palinourous and the ramifications of his victory.
In the end, I was pleased with how the book, and the Chosen One series ended. Do I still have questions? Yes, a few, but they’re minor. I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing glimpses of the guys in later books, especially given what happens in the epilogue. But I will point out that part of what makes this ending work is knowing that there are more books set in the same universe. Despite the bad guy being defeated, the magical world is still messed up, and it will take time to heal.
Be sure to check out the rest of the series – Sweet Nothings (The Chosen One #0.5), The Trouble with Love (The Chosen One #0.75), Santa Trouble (The Chosen One #0.76), All or Nothing (The Chosen One #1), Nothing Ventured (The Chosen One #2), Hell on Earth (Hellhound Champions #1), Double or Nothing (The Chosen One #2.5), Next to Nothing (The Chosen One #3), Give Him Hell (Hellhound Champions #3), Nothing Gained (The Chosen One #4)
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