The Phoenix Transformed (Enduring Flame #3)

I really liked the first series(read it) and the first 2 books(listened to) of this series are ok, good action scenes keep you going, but this final book is a lesson in boring. The main characters are a bunch of whiners and the action is so slow, it is struggle to keep listening. The authors give way too much information and every detail of the characters is examined in detail ad nauseum. I was really hoping for excitment, but was left flat and feeling ripped off. What a shame as both of these authors are much better then this book. There was so much more the authors could have done with this book, but they choose not to. Again, it is just a shame. Don\’t waste your credit, your imagination on how it ends would be better.

This book is poorly written, and the characters act in illogical ways. I wouldn\’t waste a credit on this one.

I usually take other reviews with a grain of salt. However this time the negative reviews were spot on. There has only been one other book I either wanted to stop listening to or stopped–this is the second. Thank goodness for the 2x setting on the iPhone to get the pain over with since I was curious how it would turn out. A 24hr long book that could have been compressed into two hours. So much lost potential with the story given the first two books.

Let me start by saying that I like both authors other works. This Series should have been a single book, perhaps two but by the time they got to the third book they spent too much time discussing the inner turmoil of each person. I understand that you need to know what is going on in the minds of the characters but seriously enough is enough. When the main characters are being attacked in what should have been an amazing battle scene, suddenly becomes a dreary lament (again) about the dreadful necessity to have to kill. There were lots of great creatures and dramatic situations that were sucked dry by the mindless bleating of the internal monologue of the characters. The self loathing and denial just kept going and going. I rarely find myself thinking that a book had great potential but was very poorly executed.

Overall, the authors seem to have been writing alternate paragraphs. It seems to get interesting once every 2-3 hours and doesnt stay that way long. The revolving path of doubt and irraitation with circular questions and recitations of the same words get dull after the first hour. After half the book, it feels like the author seems to remind you how stupid and irritating they are writing. It seems INTENTIONAL that they keep repeating the same things, over and again. 2/5 for horrible writing style and a circular, repetative novel. I read the first two, which were a 3 and 4 / 5 respecitvely, this puts a poor end to a decent series.

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