There’s a coordinated rescue, uneasy alliances, and Audrey finally being honest with herself about who she loves. Whereas Audrey faced metaphorical adolescence in the first book, the second book is where she, in a sense, reaches adulthood, stepping up to make difficult decisions.įor much of the book, those decisions are the typical sort for dystopian fiction.
If The Seekers was a coming-of-age tale, then its follow-up, Order of the Lily, is all about what it means to be of age - and the ugliness and beauty within. If YA dystopias are your thing, and the Untamed series isn’t on your shelf, then you are seriously missing out.
The TV show Angel‘s finale was controversial in some circles because of how different it was, but it fit the overall philosophy of the show.ĭyer has become an author whose work I will support no matter what genre she tackles, and given how deft she showed her skills in Destroyed, I eagerly await her next narrative venture. I did have to read the ending twice, because I’m so conditioned to expect a zig that any zag, of any degree, hits at first with a sense of “…Huh?” But it fits perfectly with Destroyed, and it fits perfectly with the series as a whole.
And with such a worthy antagonist in Raleigh, who is at his most devious (if not his most violent), and this is the satisfying build-up and payoff a series finale should be. Dyer makes sure her protagonist never feels relief from the weight that responsibility places on her. Seven is at her strongest now, but she’s also stretched beyond her limits, she constantly questions herself… as Chosen One tales go, I feel like this series does a great job of balancing the certainty of action with the uncertainty of being human.īeing the Chosen One is a heady responsibility, one I feel most in this genre forget. The pacing issues from previous installments are a thing of the past. The result is a fast-paced, action-packed, intellectually-fraught read where neither the characters nor the reader can relax and take a breath. Madeline Dyer is at her best in Destroyed, the fourth and final installment in the Seven Sarr series. I suppose with a title like Destroyed, an unhappy ending was inevitable.Īnd that’s all I’ll say about the ending, because to spoil the ending would be to deprive you of the satisfying yet heart-wrenching conclusion to one of the best, most intense, most well-written dystopian series I’ve read. Four books to review in this installment, including a pair of books from personal favorites, a fantasy/sci-fi hybrid, and a new superhero entry that’s so damn readable.
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