The entire story wasn’t about her deciding between Maxon and Aspen, it was about her deciding whether she actually had feelings for Maxon or not. America was on Team Aspen, at least for the first 2.5 books.Yeah, Aspen was too proud and ungrateful in the first book which obviously weren’t good qualities, but he was also a more passionate person about things, more genuinely romantic, and a far more interesting character. But the things he was saying, especially toward the very end, had me cringing. I’m far more likely to cry over something sweet a character says than a character death. And then there were the “romantic” things he was constantly saying… Look, I’m a total sap. But he somehow also managed to come across as a jerk half the time with the secrets and princeliness. I can accept that some people like those kinds of characters because reading isn’t real life and should be fun and all that, but I’m not one of those people. That’s exactly why he was perfectly boring.
He was kind, understanding, good-looking, rich, royal, perfect. *SPOILER ALERT… technically, I guess? (I think it was pretty obvious from the beginning who she’d choose but don’t read this part if you really don’t know – I couldn’t get my spoiler hiding tag to work on the list.)* Just the other day I was watching a video on BookTube in which the person asked if anyone in the world was actually on Team Aspen. Second, I couldn’t handle the love triangle–but not for the reasons you think. Then, when it did end, it felt very rushed and sudden. I gave the books a chance anyway and read them all, but I finally got too fed up with it during this last one and was ready for it end already because then at least I’d get some sort of resolution. The third book had the climax and resolution. I guess we can call the second book the rising action. The first book had the inciting incident. Each book should’ve had an inciting incident, a goal, rising action, a climax, and some sort of resolution. I completely get the whole series-having-one-overarching-goal thing.
It was just one story cut into three pieces and spread out into three books. My biggest issue (I know I’m repeating what I said in the other reviews, but they’re my reviews, I do what I want lol) was that this series did not consist of three books with three stories. So I did find things I liked about them, saw the potential, and wanted to like this final installment.īut I can only deal with certain things for so long. I found the first one surprisingly enjoyable and the second somewhat so because they were light and fun and I really loved America. I didn’t judge them too harshly because it was clear that they were not intended to be heavy and intense.
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