Initial Impressions 11/24/15: Actual rating, probably 3.5 - 3.75 stars but I don't quite feel right giving it 4 on Goodreads because there were some major issues for me. 
 Firstly... again, this was my fault for waiting so long between books BUT I do still believe a good book can stand on its own regardless of what has come before it. I do remember the feel of the first two and I was sorely lacking the banter and sarcasm for a good portion of the book which was something I really loved. There was a very specific portion towards the end where the snark was on point and reminded me how much I really did miss that! 
 Secondly, I just felt so disconnected. Yes, yes, the time between books, but I think I've started to really have trouble with dystopian worlds... or maybe it's just because I'm finishing dystopian series (since it's taken me so long) and the subject matter between book one and book three (or the last book, whatever number) really has changed that much. There were things that had zero appearance in any other book that were all of a sudden major and important... But then were explained later and I did like their explanation. I also can't stop comparing every book to The Hunger Games which is weird because I've read so many other dystopian novels that by now you'd think that wouldn't be a go-to for me anymore but eh. I guess it is. 
 I wanted so much more from Adelice in this book and I still think the brothers are way too similar. But wait, guys. What was that ending!?! Obviously spoilers so I won't give anything away but I was so disappointed with the denouement and things wrapped up sloppily, I think. Well, sloppily for me. 
 Overall, I actually did enjoy the book but it was more of like a surface enjoyment where you're coasting along with memories of the series instead of really getting into the book and being like "Wow, this is good and I am invested." I just really wanted to be so much more invested with the last book of a series. 
 Full review as originally posted HERE on The Book Addict's Guide 1/1/16: Poor UNRAVELED. This was another series I just waited too long to finish and I totally lost steam with it. I ended up actually grabbing the audiobook for this to make some progress and finally finish out this series but I just couldn't quite get into it. I also do feel like a good book is still a good book and even though I took a long time to read UNRAVELED, that wasn't the only issue. I really wasn't able to fall back into it and this book really lost the familiarity for me. I felt like the characters had changed -- which isn't a bad thing at all -- but I did miss the banter and sarcasm that I felt was much more prevalent in the first two books. 
 I also had a bit of trouble with the fact that there were some things that popped up in this book that I don't remember at all from CREWEL or UNALTERED. Yes, they were things that would have popped up later in the series and especially in a conclusion but I love when authors are able to layer their books/series so things so huge and series-changing at least have a small mention before they alter the entire course of a book. I did struggle with a few things like that with UNRAVELED and I just wish there was at least some mention of some of these really large concepts before they came into play. 
 I was actually fairly disappointed with the ending. I suppose it's more of a personal preference but the way that everything played out seemed abrupt and unsatisfying. I was working on catching up to all of these major ideas and concepts and then once it was all over, it took a bit too long to wrap up. Without spoiling anything, it really there was one final question to answer and I just wasn't happy with how it was answered and how long it took for the one final reveal. 
 There were things that I enjoyed about the book while reading/listening but looking back on it now, I feel like I barely remember what happened and everything else was more of a memory of what I had read in CREWEL and ALTERED. Again, I think it was mostly the fact that I just took so long to finish this series. I think I could have been in a higher rating-range had I read it sooner but I also think it still wouldn't have been a stellar finish for me no matter what.