The epic conclusion to the Blood Red Road trilogy, and it
was worth waiting the weeks I had to wait to read it. We left Saba and co
fleeing from Ressurection, New Eden’s HQ-cum-prison. A lot of the gang are
dead. They have no idea what to do now except resist in any way they can. The
book opens with them daring to blow up a bridge, though it’s seriously bad
timing and a lot of people die. Saba loses her nerve. The others begin to think
they can’t trust her. Then, Saba has a revelation. They can’t fight DeMalo and
his visions with violence. They have to use what he ignores as weakeness –
love. In New Eden, families are torn apart. DeMalo is building his world on a
weak foundation of broken bonds and fear. Saba decides to use this to bring him
down.
Yet, she struggles. She struggles with her passion for
DeMalo. She knows him to be evil but can’t resist his attraction and his grand
vision for the world. It’s her love for Jack, her family, and the rest of the
population – the population not lucky enough to be DeMalo’s ‘Chosen Ones’ –
that keeps her in check. She’s determined to fight for freedom and a share of
New Eden for everyone, whatever it takes.
I was worried that this book was going to suffer from
end-of-trilogy syndrome, like Mockingjay and Allegiant. It’s not my favourite
of the trilogy, but it doesn’t feel rushed and the conclusion is a satisfying
one. As a YA series, it’s one of the best I’ve read. I highly recommend.
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