Rating: Not for me

Level: Adults only

WARNING: This review is rated R. The book is rated X!

Even if you enjoyed the first two in the series, I don’t recommend reading the 3rd. The ending is a total cop-out. The character development and the plot was thickening so well, and then it’s like the author gave up and couldn’t write a good finish. I don’t recommend you waste your time and be disappointed.

Nevertheless, so many concerns (spoilers coming!):

  • human trafficking, women being solde as whores and learning to think it a worthy profession.
  • self-cutting
  • dark sorcery; entertaining bargains with dark spirits
  • children made to fight against each other to the death like in a gladiator game
  • physical and sexual abuse, including rape
  • A girl gives away her virginity to a total jerk while her mom is being murdered, with details
  • curse words
  • the church is horribly corrrupt.
  • People of faith treated like dummies who think they’re better than anyone else and who are easily swayed to believe anything.

I especially don’t recommend this for any kids, or for any folks who haven’t been happily, healthily married a good 5-10 years, with a good, positive sex life (as it would plant horrible seeds of what sex is about).

If you do choose to read it, you need to start with Book 1: The Queen of the Tearling and Book 2: The Invasion of the Tearling.