Lastland by A.R. Ivanovich

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Title: Lastland
Author: A.R. Ivanovich
Series: War of the Princes #4
Published by: Alloy Entertainment
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 304
Genres: Fantasy, Steampunk, Young Adult
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2020 Beat the Backlist Challenge, Lenoreo's 2020 Finishing the Series Challenge, Lenoreo's Can You Read a Series September 2020
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My rating:

Blurb:

After a devastating attack on the Northern capital, Prince Raserion has taken everything from Katelyn Kestrel . . . everything but her will to fight back and save the people of Haven.

Out of the ashes of a burning city, Prince Varion, ruler of the Northern Kingdom, resurfaces, intent on ending the seven-hundred-year war once and for all. But he can’t succeed without Katelyn’s help. She has the powerful ability to find anything she seeks—even the enemy himself, Prince Raserion.

While the two armies gather strength for one final showdown, Katelyn finds herself on the frontlines of war, pinned between right and wrong, friend and foe, life and death. With Haven’s fate hanging in the balance, Katelyn’s struggle will not only decide her future, but the future of the broken Kingdom of Lastland.

My Review:

4.5 stars — Wow.  I’ve learned that with this series I can’t trust my gut, and I should prepare for surprises.  So I think I read this one on the edge of my seat, barely able to trust what I was feeling.  But in the end?  It was worth it.  I was wholly satisfied with the way events played out and how things added up.  I had a lot of questions that I needed answers for in order to be satisfied, and I can honestly say that I got them all.  I feel like I came away with a good understanding of how things got to this place in the world, why choices were made, and I could follow how they progressed.  Which is impressive given how fucked up Lastland is.

I’m not sure I’ll be able to really write much in this review, b/c I feel like little things could be inadvertent spoilers, you know?  I ended the book still in love with Katelyn, and actually super happy that we got a bit of her sass back in this one.  I’m still in love with Rune.  I loved some of the enemies to bromances we got, and the snark that happened there.  So much inappropriate laughing.

I fucking BAWLED in this one.  I was truly invested in some characters, I connected with them, and it was so hard to watch them go through the struggles of this book.  The climax was crazy, but satisfying.

Yeah.  I don’t know.  I just really enjoyed myself.  I can totally see this being a series I reread in the future.