Synopsis:
The triumphant conclusion to the Villains trilogy from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.
The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena.
But when EON—and its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries— begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a terrifying agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch and the rest into the enemy’s lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.
Against all the years, the betrayals, and the odds—the arch rivals and their allies will meet for a final time, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didn’t expect.
Review:
This was a VICTORIOUSLY satisfying finale.
If you haven’t read Vicious or Vengeful, it’s basically about two guys who love each other but want to kill each other. I’m joking, but that’s how I see some people sell it – I don’t buy it.
It’s about ExtraOrdinaries – people who come back from death with a superpower. We follow morally grey (black) characters as they try and flee, kill, hide from each other.
The finale took my two favourite characters: Syd and Mitch, and made them the stars of the show. Arguably, the two weakest but who truly carry the heart of this series.
I don’t want to spoil anything, especially considering the end of Vengeful, but I promise you will see other favourite characters.
“Did somebody stab you?” He ran a disinfectant pad over the weeping wound.
“It’s a graze.”
“Jesus Christ, you were gone for an hour and a half.”
We also get introduced to a new Doctor with a superiority complex. There’s various character perspectives which, despite their short page count, Schwab manages to nail their psyche.
The chapters are short and switch between timelines as well as POVs. Each one ends on something that makes you tear through the pages.
The writing style is blunt compared to Schwab’s other books, but it suits the style of the series.
The ending was melancholic, but I was very satisfied with it. This was what we have been waiting for all these years.
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