The Forever Song (Blood of Eden, #3)

by Julie Kagawa

Of Julie Kagawa's three series (Iron Fey, Blood of Eden, and the upcoming Talon series), the Blood of Eden series is my favorite. Both Iron Fey and Talon (based on the ARC of the first book I read) definitely skew towards the younger end of YA in terms of tone and story (they read much more like middle grade stories in fact). This series, however, is much more mature (the prequel novella included in the 'Til The World Ends anthology was completely adult and included a graphic sex scene making it a big departure from the rest of the series) and overall more exciting and gripping in my opinion.

Despite this series as a whole being my favorite, each subsequent book has been weaker than the one before. The Forever Song feels very drawn out and often repetitive with back to back to back fight scenes making up the bulk of the book. The world in this series has grown a bit stale, and the romance flounders some too in this conclusion. I still really like Jackal (who the author says was inspired by Spike from Buffy), but Zeke was always on the dull side for me and he isn't any more interesting here. The ending is alright, but it lacked the satisfaction and payoff I'd been looking forward to since the first (and still very good) book in this series.