Good things first: a satisfying narrative conclusion that pulled off something I didn't think it could. A really great twist on the chosen one trope. Interesting & edifying discussions of means vs. ends, and whether you are responsible for all the effects of your actions. If that were all, I would probably have given this four stars without a thought (not five because it wasn't particularly memorable & there's enough adult content to make it iffy to recommend).

But the bad things... were bad. (non-explicit discussion of sex/sexuality within spoiler)

Spoiler

In the previous book, I had an issue with a couple who avoided getting together because they didn't want her to get pregnant (because they couldn't conceive of being together without having sex) and then a non-fade-to-black description of when they did get together. But in this one, literally less than a week after believing her boyfriend is dead, the girl sleeps with another girl.

So, we got the point about her being bi in the last book; she didn't need to have sex to make that official. And the excuse that she wants to "feel good in her body" isn't cutting it because he died last week. But maybe, maybe, I'd be fine if it were left there. I'd sigh and assume that the author and I disagreed about sexual morals (big shock there when you're a Christian reading a mainstream novel) and move on. But no! She sleeps with the other girl *again*, AFTER she's learned that her boyfriend didn't actually die.

This is never dealt with in a conversation to either of her partners. She doesn't apologize to the boy for cheating on him. She doesn't apologize to the girl for offering false hope that a relationship could work. She just... hugs the girl goodbye and goes back to the boy.

So I guess I'm left to conclude that the author is promoting casual sex with no strings attached and/or poly relationships, and either way it's handled badly because normally you don't sleep with other people without telling your boyfriend that it's happening, so actually we're just promoting cheating.

I guess the one good thing was that it wasn't explicitly described? If any of this can be called good?

Sometimes, maybe too often, I ignore uncomfortable content in books because, well, the author has a different opinion or belief than I do and I still enjoyed the story. Sometimes I don't even mind the content, if it serves the story well (a good example of this would be Red Rising). Here, however, the content did *not* serve the story, but instead served to glorify cheating and/or casual sex and/or (non-consensual?) polyamory, and I'm not going to ignore that. I'm going to go with a two star rating because the content bothered me so much. I would, nevertheless, not dissuade adults who enjoyed the first two books from reading it. But do know what you're in for.

Suzannah's review also deals with this well: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4375736044