Review: Endlessly (Paranormalcy #3) by Kiersten White

Title: Endlessly

Series: Paranormalcy #3

Previous books in this series: Paranormalcy (#1) | Supernaturally (#2)

Author: Kiersten White

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: July 2012

Published by: HarperTeen

Source: Library book

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Synopsis:

In Endlessly, pink-loving, butt-kicking Evie has way too much on her to-do list. Paranormals are begging her to open a faerie gate so they can leave the human world, something Evie’s not sure she has the power to do. The Dark Queen is torturing humans and must be destroyed.

On top of all that, Evie’s prom is coming up. She’s not sure what to wear, and, oh, yeah, her shape-shifting boyfriend, Lend, has been cursed so that he falls into an enchanted sleep whenever he and Evie are in the same room…and even Evie’s ex-boyfriend, the faerie Reth, can’t reverse the dark magic.

An epic battle is looming, and the choices Evie makes will determine the fate of whole paranormal world—and her own life.

My rating: ★★★★☆
And we have come to the conclusion of the series. A series I started 7 years ago and have only finished it just now. Heh. Hehe...

Everyone is trying to convince Evie to open the gates to allow the paranormals to go through. For one, I am so glad we learned more about these said gates because ever since they were mentioned in the first book they had me confused af! I definitely found them to be an interesting concept, especially when it pertains to all the paranormals.

Which btw, I cannot believe all the paranormal creatures aren’t originally from Earth! That is crazy! So that is why everyone is asking Evie to open the gates: they want to go back home to this other dimension.

So, yeah. They want Evie to open these gates, but Evie is unsure whether she can do it. Yeah, that’s fine. My issue with Evie in this book is that she doesn’t want to open the gates. Period! I get that she’s felt like she’s always being used, but come one, girl! Doing this would literally solve all her issues with the paranormals! She was being so selfish and it was frustrating!

Speaking of frustrating, Reth. I disliked Reth so much in the last two books, you don’t even know. He was just such a creeper and very stalkery and just—I didn’t like him! But, um, guess what? I actually really liked him in this book!

I loved Reth! Yeah, I’m surprised too. Lol. But we finally understand his motivations and his reasons for doing the things he’s done.

Another person I love: Lend! In this book someone places a curse on him that makes him fall asleep when Evie walks into the room a la narcolepsy. It was pretty funny but also kind of sad at the same time. Lol. And also frustrating. Why? Because between all of them, they could not figure out who cursed him when it was so blindingly obvious who did it! I knew as soon as it happened. No, literally. I knew the precise moment the curse was placed. I was thinking to myself, “Ohhh, this person just did something to Lend.” I don’t know how they didn’t see it. It was SO obvious! Evie knows how this person is. Ugh! And also, the purpose of this curse seemed kind of pointless. Like, if you took it out of the book I don’t think it would impact it very much. Now that I think about it, this book felt like it had quite a bit of padding. Things dragggggged.

Then we got the climax followed by an abrupt end. Wtf! Granted things did get wrapped up, but some pretty big things go down! I’d at least like to see the falling action, as they call it in English class.

But I did like the book, don’t get me wrong. One of my favorite things is how funny it is!

Arianna lounged against the counter, and when I finished first we debated the usage rules of “dude,” “true dat,” and my favorite, “for serious.”
“I kind of wish they’d shut up,” Jack said.
“Dude, true dat,” Lend answered.
Jack nodded solemnly. “For serious.”

What even...? Lol. It was very fun indeed. I did have high expectation for this series because I loved the first book so much, and while it didn’t exactly meet my expectations, I still really enjoyed it! I love the characters—Lend and Evie are so cute together! Paranormalcy had a very interesting world, one I’m sure to miss. But I am so glad I finally got around to finishing off the series and seeing how things wrapped up. It was a good conclusion overall.

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! :)