It Ends with Knight

It Ends With Knight by Yasmin Angoe brings her Aninyeh/Nena/Echo trilogy to an end (or so it seems). And a fine trilogy it has been.

The story is brilliant, spanning nearly two decades, and numerous countries both of which add to the story's texture. While classified as an adult novel, this is one that might easily appeal to the Young Adult (YA) crowd who may even prove to be a more receptive audience. Of special note is the method the author uses to tell Nena's backstory and, thus, bring the reader up-to-date.

The central characters are multilayered and fully realized. Even the hero has feet of clay as she struggles to satisfy her role in the Tribe's Dispatch (assassin) while dealing with her demons. In fact, the darkest spirit of all show more poses an especially challenging conundrum for Nena as she struggles to put her weapon away in favor of developing her [XBR] political chops.

Perhaps the only nay saying this reviewer has about book three in the trilogy is that Nena's internal turmoil, while important to both the story and her depth of character, lingers too long and is too repetitive. Readers may find themselves growing impatient for Nena to take action if only to move the narrative along. show less

I can only give three stars to this novel.

Much like the second book in the series, or maybe because of it, this book was hard to finish. It took me quite a while to read it because the story is uninteresting. It does have a little more action than the second book, but that's not hard to achieve.

I cannot recommend this novel.