A Night of Redemption (The Redemption Saga, #5) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

May 24, 2020 Katyana rated it really liked it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Well, I powered through. And I'm going to give it 3.5 stars.

For me, the primary flaw was that the only guy I really loved in the harem was Quinn. He got a lot of attention in book 3, but then was pretty background for the last two books. I think the problem is, Banet made him SO powerful that she kind of had to find reasons to keep him out of the fight, because if he was there facing the big bad, it would be an easy win. Kind of sucks the drama out. So with the exception of the druid book - the Well, I powered through. And I'm going to give it 3.5 stars.

For me, the primary flaw was that the only guy I really loved in the harem was Quinn. He got a lot of attention in book 3, but then was pretty background for the last two books. I think the problem is, Banet made him SO powerful that she kind of had to find reasons to keep him out of the fight, because if he was there facing the big bad, it would be an easy win. Kind of sucks the drama out. So with the exception of the druid book - the only one facing an opponent more powerful than him - he had to get sidelined.

Elijah and Vincent grew on me, admittedly. On a scale of 1-10, these guys all started out at 1s and 2s for me, and Elijah and Vincent grew to 5 or 6. Zander peaked at 3, as he somehow found a smidge of maturity in the last book. Jasper, however, remained The Worst, never budging above a 1. He was this loathsome combo of naive, self-righteous, hypocritical, judgmental, and spoiled. The fact that everyone treated him as this perfect golden boy made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

Where he lands, in their HEA, is mildly hilarious. Sitting at a table with a bunch of people with their heads just as far up their own asses, who also believe they alone can see the right way to do things and fall prey to corruption because of their narcissism. Seems like the perfect place for him, lol.

Some things confused me in this last book. Like, why was there so much drama about them leaving IMPO? Why would any of them want to stay? From the beginning, Sawyer was focused on completing her contract, getting her pardon, and getting away from the WMC that she said from the outset (and it was proven repeatedly in this series) was as corrupt as any criminal organization. But in this book, she was somehow the most upset that the guys wanted to leave the IMPO after she's pardoned. WTF? Since when was she thinking of staying? And why? These fucks are using her just like Axel did - even threatening people she cares about to keep her in line. She SHOULD want to take them all down. Use her hero status to expose the corruption. It was kind of weird that not only was she somehow imagining continuing on as their pet assassin, but also that this plotline that ran through the whole series - that the WMC were no different than the criminals, just as corrupt - was essentially ignored. Are we supposed to believe that Jasper fixes it all? Self righteous, whiny dickhead Jasper? Looooool. No.

But I really liked Sawyer. I adored Quinn. I liked her growth from abused, alone, and self-destructive to strong and embracing her support. I liked the overall Axel plot. I liked James, Charlie, and Thompson. So, 3.5 stars. ...more

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