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A review by narteest
The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa
5.0
Brilliant. Proper review later.
**Updated**
This was a great ending to the story. It kinda sucked that there were only three parts this time. I actually really enjoyed seeing the different 'Parts' that marked the changes in Allie's character. Such as in [b:The Immortal Rules|10215349|The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)|Julie Kagawa|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1323357921s/10215349.jpg|15114912] where the first part was "Human" just before she was turned into a vampire and then there was her vampire stage, then the "Monster" stage, etc. This book only had three parts. It begins with 'Demon' in which we see Allie--SPOILER AHEAD FOR THE ETERNITY CURE--dealing with her loss of Zeke in the last book. She is a demon because she must deal with the monster that threatens to erupt from her as she is consumed with her grief.
By the end of this part, Allie finds herself and recovers (of course I did find this part a bit tiresome, but I liked how she stayed in character and also stayed true to who she was, and who others believed she was). And then along with the others of her chummy crew go off and find Sarren, the antagonist of the series.
Overall, I loved this series, I enjoyed this vampire trilogy, and believe me, I don't usually read them, because I really don't care for vampires. But I liked seeing a dark interpretation of vampires (this is probably very one-sided of me because really, I've only read Twilight and Vampirates when it comes to vampires lol....). I liked seeing Allie fighting and dealing with the dark side of being a vampire. She is a monster, she knows that and while she fights it sometimes, and retains her humanity as often as possible, she sometimes succumbs to it, and there's no stupid whining about what she had done. She faces it, accepts it, comes to terms to what she is, and I love that kind of internal conflict!
But really, Jackal was my favourite character throughout the trilogy. An awesome lovable antihero asshole. He was a jerk more often than not, but yet he still stuck around and just when you think he's gonna run and ditch, no, he's actually not that bad. I think I liked his interactions with Allie the best! They really had like a brotherly/sisterly/sibling-like relationship which made it worth reading.
**Updated**
This was a great ending to the story. It kinda sucked that there were only three parts this time. I actually really enjoyed seeing the different 'Parts' that marked the changes in Allie's character. Such as in [b:The Immortal Rules|10215349|The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)|Julie Kagawa|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1323357921s/10215349.jpg|15114912] where the first part was "Human" just before she was turned into a vampire and then there was her vampire stage, then the "Monster" stage, etc. This book only had three parts. It begins with 'Demon' in which we see Allie--SPOILER AHEAD FOR THE ETERNITY CURE--dealing with her loss of Zeke in the last book. She is a demon because she must deal with the monster that threatens to erupt from her as she is consumed with her grief.
By the end of this part, Allie finds herself and recovers (of course I did find this part a bit tiresome, but I liked how she stayed in character and also stayed true to who she was, and who others believed she was). And then along with the others of her chummy crew go off and find Sarren, the antagonist of the series.
Overall, I loved this series, I enjoyed this vampire trilogy, and believe me, I don't usually read them, because I really don't care for vampires. But I liked seeing a dark interpretation of vampires (this is probably very one-sided of me because really, I've only read Twilight and Vampirates when it comes to vampires lol....). I liked seeing Allie fighting and dealing with the dark side of being a vampire. She is a monster, she knows that and while she fights it sometimes, and retains her humanity as often as possible, she sometimes succumbs to it, and there's no stupid whining about what she had done. She faces it, accepts it, comes to terms to what she is, and I love that kind of internal conflict!
But really, Jackal was my favourite character throughout the trilogy. An awesome lovable antihero asshole. He was a jerk more often than not, but yet he still stuck around and just when you think he's gonna run and ditch, no, he's actually not that bad. I think I liked his interactions with Allie the best! They really had like a brotherly/sisterly/sibling-like relationship which made it worth reading.