Today's review is on These Vengeful Souls by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas. It is 287 pages long and is published by Swoon reads. The cover is a blue gray with a pendant in the center that has a lock of hair in it. As it is the third volume of These Vicious Masks trilogy you need to have read the first two books in order to understand the story. There is very mild foul language, no sexuality and Mild violence in this novel. The story is told from third-person close of the main character Evelyn. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- England, 1833. On the run with the grieving Sebastian Braddock, Evelyn wants two things: to be reunited with her friends, and to get revenge on the evil Captain Goode. Not only has he misused his and Sebastian's powers to rack up a terrible death toll, but he's also completely destroyed any hope of Evelyn or her friends regaining the lives they once knew.
Evelyn is determined to make Captain good pay for what he's done, but is her revenge worth risking the lives of Sebastian and her friends? Or is it better to flee the city and focus on staying alive? And with the Captain spreading lies about Sebastian in an attempt to flush them out of hiding and turn the populace against them, does she even have a choice at all?
Review- Good but slightly unsatisfying ending to a fun trilogy. We pick up exactly where the last volume left off with Evelyn and Sebastian hiding in a church trying to find their friends. Captain Goode has taken complete control of the society either by force or by promises. In addition he has used his influence to turn London against Evelyn and her friends’, Sebastian in particular. So there's lots of problems to solve in this volume and not a lot of time to solve them in. In the end the bad guys are dealt with, the good guys win, and all's right with the world. But I felt unsatisfied with the ending. I think part of that is because we don't get to see Evelyn and Sebastian really do anything . The epilogue is a letter that Sebastian has written for the next person who will inherit his poison powers, and that's the end. I don't think the authors are intending to write any more following these characters, but I would like them too. I would like to see when Evelyn and Sebastian do, they talked of going to India to help fight against the colonial powers but that's all. So I would have to say that this volume is the weakest of the trilogy but if you've read the other two you should read this one just to follow them all the way to the end and to see Evelyn finish her character development.
I give this final volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing from my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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