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A review by itskeerstin
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
5.0
WOW. WOW. WOW. What a conclusion to this first trilogy in the series!
I wish I hadn’t read synopses for books 4 and 5 and knowing that Sevro lives, because when he “dies” towards the end of this book when they’re going to release Cassius, I was SHOCKED but I also immediately thought “okay, Cassius must be in on it, and Sevro isn’t really dead but faking, and that’s how Cassius gets the entire gang into the enemy territory so they can finish the war”. If I hadn’t seen that Sevro lives on in books 4 and 5, it would have hit so much harder for me. I GASPED when Cassius “betrayed” them!
There was SO much death in this book, holy shit.
I was actually pretty sad when Roque lost and then killed himself.
Sad when Ragnar died.
So glad that so many people got their bloody comeuppance, though.
Sevro makes me laugh so frickin’ hard. I could have done without him and Victoria getting married, but it was okay, I guess. I loved how he quelled the uprising after Uncle Nero was killed, and how he saved Cassius from hanging and then “hung” himself. Fantastic. Sevro is amazing.
The surprise baby at the end that Mustang reveals?! SHOCKING. Truly. I thought she was leading up to share that she was pregnant at the end from their reunions, but for her to have had a secret pregnancy and baby while Darrow was a captive being tortured for over a year? What a great twist on the secret baby trope.
I wish I hadn’t read synopses for books 4 and 5 and knowing that Sevro lives, because when he “dies” towards the end of this book when they’re going to release Cassius, I was SHOCKED but I also immediately thought “okay, Cassius must be in on it, and Sevro isn’t really dead but faking, and that’s how Cassius gets the entire gang into the enemy territory so they can finish the war”. If I hadn’t seen that Sevro lives on in books 4 and 5, it would have hit so much harder for me. I GASPED when Cassius “betrayed” them!
There was SO much death in this book, holy shit.
I was actually pretty sad when Roque lost and then killed himself.
Sad when Ragnar died.
So glad that so many people got their bloody comeuppance, though.
Sevro makes me laugh so frickin’ hard. I could have done without him and Victoria getting married, but it was okay, I guess. I loved how he quelled the uprising after Uncle Nero was killed, and how he saved Cassius from hanging and then “hung” himself. Fantastic. Sevro is amazing.
The surprise baby at the end that Mustang reveals?! SHOCKING. Truly. I thought she was leading up to share that she was pregnant at the end from their reunions, but for her to have had a secret pregnancy and baby while Darrow was a captive being tortured for over a year? What a great twist on the secret baby trope.