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Unfortunate Souls #4
Restless
Everything he’s done has been for her. Soon, he won’t remember she exists.
Calix Reed joined the Dolus Order with one goal: to save the girl he loves from the mysterious illness that plagues her. When his true loyalty is revealed, the Order’s leader, Uma Withers, will stop at nothing to bring him back into the fold.
Zora Korbel has lived in a world of secrets for years. Now, she may finally be able to unravel the mysteries that have plagued her—if her malady remains at bay. But the secrets are more dangerous than she ever imagined, and when the wrong person finds out what she knows, her life hangs in the balance.
Aria and her friends will do everything they can to help them both, but if they’re too late, two lives will be destroyed forever.
Calix Reed joined the Dolus Order with one goal: to save the girl he loves from the mysterious illness that plagues her. When his true loyalty is revealed, the Order’s leader, Uma Withers, will stop at nothing to bring him back into the fold.
Zora Korbel has lived in a world of secrets for years. Now, she may finally be able to unravel the mysteries that have plagued her—if her malady remains at bay. But the secrets are more dangerous than she ever imagined, and when the wrong person finds out what she knows, her life hangs in the balance.
Aria and her friends will do everything they can to help them both, but if they’re too late, two lives will be destroyed forever.
- GenresFantasy
319 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 2, 2022
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May 13, 2026
I loved the first two books, but the last two have really failed to compete.
I feel like the first two books did a solid job of focusing on a few main characters. This book I expected to have a solid focus on Calix and Zora. Instead by 50% Calix had only had 2 short scenes that were "I'm in the middle of being brainwashed". By the end of the book I think he'd maybe had 5 scenes, and they were either him in the brainwashing room, and 2 of him being sent out brainwashed to
Overall there was little plot progression with our characters either mulling around their respective places waiting for something to happen, or actually that's about it. Alonzo and Chandra twiddle their thumbs at the ALA. Declan, Tressa, and Aria tool around the farmhouse with one minor detour into town to grab Piper(where the little bit of excitement is cut off with a time jump to we're fine we made it home). Calix is chilling in the brainwashing room. And Zora and Enrique are the only ones who do much of anything, pretending to be in love and enjoying life, but none of the things they're doing have any point beyond keeping their heads down.
The worst part of this whole book was that we get to the end and
Then we get a time jump of a few months to the epilogue!! That's the end of the book! That completely cut off ending with a poorly written ending. Basically everything works out great, but we don't really know how it went SO well after 4 books of it being built up that surely the bad guys couldn't be taken out as easy as .... stand in front of a tv camera and tell the truth.
BUT we also don't get to see so many things tied up. What happened to Uma? Or Phoebe? Did Enrique's dad see the light and realize he'd been hoodwinked for years by Phoebe? Did Zora's parents have any sort of reconciliation with Enrique? What happened to all the Order recruits? And the facilities? How did the fake colonists react? Did anyone realize how messed up it was that they were essentially spying on those poor people's life for years to the point where they were faking so much? Did the colonists have a hard time adjusting to regular life away from the cameras and not having to fake everything for ratings?
I've never seen a story so hastily ended and wrapped up. And wrapped up in a way that felt like a toddler with a blindfold tasked with wrapping an oddly shaped bday present. I have issues with the series as a whole, and some of those things presented in the first two books but I ignored them for the positives that were there. By the end though I wouldn't have wasted my time since a story has to start and end well to be worth it imo. Otherwise it's like eating something that tastes amazing but then gives you food poisoning and has you hugging a toilet for the next several days.
I feel like the first two books did a solid job of focusing on a few main characters. This book I expected to have a solid focus on Calix and Zora. Instead by 50% Calix had only had 2 short scenes that were "I'm in the middle of being brainwashed". By the end of the book I think he'd maybe had 5 scenes, and they were either him in the brainwashing room, and 2 of him being sent out brainwashed to
Overall there was little plot progression with our characters either mulling around their respective places waiting for something to happen, or actually that's about it. Alonzo and Chandra twiddle their thumbs at the ALA. Declan, Tressa, and Aria tool around the farmhouse with one minor detour into town to grab Piper(where the little bit of excitement is cut off with a time jump to we're fine we made it home). Calix is chilling in the brainwashing room. And Zora and Enrique are the only ones who do much of anything, pretending to be in love and enjoying life, but none of the things they're doing have any point beyond keeping their heads down.
The worst part of this whole book was that we get to the end and
Then we get a time jump of a few months to the epilogue!! That's the end of the book! That completely cut off ending with a poorly written ending. Basically everything works out great, but we don't really know how it went SO well after 4 books of it being built up that surely the bad guys couldn't be taken out as easy as .... stand in front of a tv camera and tell the truth.
BUT we also don't get to see so many things tied up. What happened to Uma? Or Phoebe? Did Enrique's dad see the light and realize he'd been hoodwinked for years by Phoebe? Did Zora's parents have any sort of reconciliation with Enrique? What happened to all the Order recruits? And the facilities? How did the fake colonists react? Did anyone realize how messed up it was that they were essentially spying on those poor people's life for years to the point where they were faking so much? Did the colonists have a hard time adjusting to regular life away from the cameras and not having to fake everything for ratings?
I've never seen a story so hastily ended and wrapped up. And wrapped up in a way that felt like a toddler with a blindfold tasked with wrapping an oddly shaped bday present. I have issues with the series as a whole, and some of those things presented in the first two books but I ignored them for the positives that were there. By the end though I wouldn't have wasted my time since a story has to start and end well to be worth it imo. Otherwise it's like eating something that tastes amazing but then gives you food poisoning and has you hugging a toilet for the next several days.
February 23, 2024
Such an amazing ending to a great story. Freeman knows exactly how to tell a story, and each book got better as I went along. This series will definitely stay in my heart and has made its way to the tops of my favorites lists. This one in particular had me on edge and hardly able to breathe as I panicked for Calix and the things he was experiencing. I mean, yeah, the other characters too, but he was who I was mainly concerned about. I loved every moment, and I definitely look forward to reading more from this author in the future.
June 30, 2022
A good enough end to the story - it kept me going racing through all the way, I couldn’t figure out how it would pan out. A lower star rating because I felt there were a few chapters missing at the end - it was wrapped up in an epilogue which didn’t actually let us know what happens to all the characters. I felt the author had run out of steam. I appreciate the books were loosely based on fairy tales but the fairy tale happy ending felt a bit lazy with too many loose ends
June 6, 2022
Been waiting for a while
It was worth the wait to finish out such a brilliant take on so many different fairy tales. Sleeping beauty, the little mermaid, rapunzel, and I wanna say Aladdin. I enjoyed all of it. Coming of age, learning yourself and so much more. It was inspiring.
It was worth the wait to finish out such a brilliant take on so many different fairy tales. Sleeping beauty, the little mermaid, rapunzel, and I wanna say Aladdin. I enjoyed all of it. Coming of age, learning yourself and so much more. It was inspiring.
July 14, 2022
good
Good conclusion to the series. I thought some of it was a bit rushed but I liked it overall. Fun series.
Good conclusion to the series. I thought some of it was a bit rushed but I liked it overall. Fun series.
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