Sever (The Chemical Garden, #3)

Sever by Lauren DeStefano
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Again, this is unexpected, dark, and twisted. I'm still a bit surprised about the events that occurred with several characters, and surprise is usually good in terms of holding my attention, even if it's bad in terms of storyline.

The writing is still gorgeous, with good imagery and vivid characters, but some things that occurred felt either very abrupt, out of character, and/or out of the blue. I think this suffered some issues in the world building department, which left me feeling a bit unsatisfied by the finale. I mean, I still liked the book and loved the series overall, but I'm not sure how to feel about this one. I raced right through it, because there's tons of drama and intrigue, but I'm not sure if I enjoyed the racing. I think some of the ideas presented in this book needed more room to breathe.

But overall, it was an interesting read, and I'd recommend the series to most dystopian addicts.

Book 237 read in 2018

Pages: 371