the descent book three of the taker trilogy alma katsu

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. The epic story of love and loss, magic and destiny that began with The Taker and sparked a chase around the world in The Reckoning comes to a surprising conclusion with The Descent. Of all the forces of the universe, the most mysterious, confounding, and humbling is the power of love. Will Lanore honor her promise to Adair to return? Or is her intention to reunite with Jonathan at any cost? She wants Adair to send her to the hereafter so she may beg the Queen of the Underworld to release Jonathan, whom she has been keeping as her consort.

But things turned out far different than she’d imagined.įour years later, Lanore has tracked Adair to his mystical island home, where he has been living in self-imposed exile, to ask for a favor. When Adair was freed 200 years later, she was sure that he would find her and make her existence a living hell. She betrayed Adair’s trust and imprisoned him behind a stone wall to save Jonathan, the love of her life. Lanore McIlvrae has been on the run from Adair for hundreds of years, dismayed by his mysterious powers and afraid of his temper. The final installment in the “mesmerizing” ( Booklist, starred review) and addictive trilogy-find out who truly holds the key to Lanny’s heart and whether she’ll ever be reunited with her beloved in this gripping supernatural tale of magic, lust, and longing.

The descent book three of the taker trilogy alma katsu