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coffeeteethNot as good as the previous books. A bit of a slog. I was happy to get to the end of the story.
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I'm happy that Priya and Malini get to be goddesses together and actually married. Vijay's situation is complicated enough that he doesn't feel like an easy way out.
I wish we had more about where Jeevan and Bhumika. They're a great couple but they're end is focused on Padma.
Mani Ara is a great villain but Arahli Ara really shines as a monster forced to slowly become human. A good foil for Priya and a mirror for Malini. I like that the void is not what lives in it.
Rao is a good character but he feels off here. Very central but he's in the process of extricating himself from the Imperial family. Which, good for him. But it does mean that only romantic couples are featured together at the end and with the emphasis on friendship and familial love up to that point feels off. He goes over the horizon so it's a happy ending but still, it feels off. Malini and Priya forsake humanity but not each other, Bhumika is with Jeevan, and Rao is traveling offscreen.
I like that Priya bent fate for Malini. But the construction to get there was a little tedious.
SPOILERS
I'm happy that Priya and Malini get to be goddesses together and actually married. Vijay's situation is complicated enough that he doesn't feel like an easy way out.
I wish we had more about where Jeevan and Bhumika. They're a great couple but they're end is focused on Padma.
Mani Ara is a great villain but Arahli Ara really shines as a monster forced to slowly become human. A good foil for Priya and a mirror for Malini. I like that the void is not what lives in it.
Rao is a good character but he feels off here. Very central but he's in the process of extricating himself from the Imperial family. Which, good for him. But it does mean that only romantic couples are featured together at the end and with the emphasis on friendship and familial love up to that point feels off. He goes over the horizon so it's a happy ending but still, it feels off. Malini and Priya forsake humanity but not each other, Bhumika is with Jeevan, and Rao is traveling offscreen.
I like that Priya bent fate for Malini. But the construction to get there was a little tedious.
