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This book started really well, and I enjoyed the meta humor of it - especially the author asides about how he shouldn't have to explain things to people who are just jumping into the series, because what kind of monster starts a series at book 5? (I mean, really. Who does that?)

But while there was a smattering of humor throughout the book, things did take a turn slightly more for the serious - but I ended up wishing there was more humor. I mean, there was some especially from Madame Zarenyia, but I felt like a lot of that humor was sort of repetitive and felt forced as time went on.

Anyway - some of the trials and whatnot were interesting, but I felt like they went on a bit too long in places, and my mind would sort of start wandering from time to time.

I did appreciate the character growth on Johannes we've seen through the series, and I particularly liked the final confrontation, and the sort of reliving-but-not-really the events of the first 4 books in the series.

And I did appreciate that several threads got tied up, this being the possible last book of the series - but I was also disappointed to find that the one thread which has tied together the whole series - the point of the whole thing, really - wasn't resolved. (Of course, I have a secret hope that (view spoiler)[Cabal will decide that resurrecting his love won't be what she actually would've wanted, and that he ends up with Leonie instead.) (hide spoiler)]

Anyway -

This is the second book in a week which I read which I felt was a good addition to the series, but was kind of weak for a finale. I hold out hope that there will be at least one last book in the series where that major thread finally gets some kind of resolution - even if it's not the one I hope for.

Other than that, though, the series, has a whole, is one I recommend, and I really enjoy all of the characters and, as I said, I've enjoyed watching Cabal's growth throughout the series.