Angie
Written on Jul 27, 2015
Armageddon was certainly not the finale I was expecting. It's a few years into the future. Myla and Lincoln are married, have inherited the Thrax throne from his parents, and have a three year old son, Maxon. All seems peaceful in Purgatory and Antrum, at least until Maxon is kidnapped and taken to hell by Armageddon. Now, Myla and Lincoln have to break into Hell, get their son back, and kill the king of Hell once and for all.
It's no secret that I don't like plots involving kids, which is basically what Armageddon is. I really did not care about Maxon at all, especially since he appeared out of nowhere. I knew Myla would have to fight the king of Hell eventually, but not three plus years later! I hate time jumps! The story isn't all bad. I did enjoy seeing this series' version of Hell. It's not the most original, with its personalized trials, but it was interesting enough.
Armageddon does, once again, suffer from a plot point that doesn't make sense and it distracted me from the time it was revealed until the very end. Two characters make a deal, and one of the terms of that deal is that they get Maxon's soul. Except that it's not really Maxon who is part of the deal because of the language used. One of these characters emphasizes a certain word, and Maxon doesn't qualify. Although later in the deal different language is used, which Maxon does fit. But, either way, the original term of the deal wasn't even met which would make the whole thing void anyway. Sure, you can't really trust this person in the first place, but they're not getting what they want either, so none of this would have even happened. And in fact, it wasn't even necessary for the kidnapping plot.
Of course, Armageddon has a happy ending. I'd expect nothing else from this series. I just really wish I liked it more.
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