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    Endsinger

    Written by Jay Kristoff

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    The flames of civil war sweep across the Shima Imperium. Blood turns against blood as the Dragon and Fox clans compete for the empty throne. The traitor Kin walks the halls of Guild power, his destiny only a bloody knife-stroke away. And as the earth splits asunder, as armies destroy each other for rule over an empire of lifeless ash and the final secret about blood lotus is revealed, the people of Shima will learn one last, horrifying truth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateApr 2, 2015
    ISBN9781471291128
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    Endsinger
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    Jay Kristoff

    Jay Kristoff is the NEW YORK TIMES and internationally bestselling author of The Lotus War, The Illuminae Files, and The Nevernight Chronicle. He is a winner of five Aurealis Awards, nominee for the David Gemmell Morningstar and Legend awards, named multiple times in the Kirkus and Amazon Best Teen Books lists and published in over thirty-five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are.

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    • 4/5
      My Blog Hi Books! It's me JethPlain"Only Fools know what it is to be fearless. Seek only to be afraid and stand tall anyway. That is what it is to be brave " The last part just blew me away. I love how Jay Kristoff actively included the Gaijins and the mythology in the story. I also love that there is now a sense of camaraderie with the female characters in the book. I think that with all that was going on in the series, I didn't feel that in the previous installments. The love story is also one of my favourite points in the book, I can't really call it a love triangle because it depicted two types of emotion; first we had Hiro, who Yukiko instantly liked, she kept dreaming about him and when she was living the Shogun's palace they immediately fell in love and slept together. I'm not slut-shaming Yukiko, she was following her feelings but that kind of instant love doesn't really last because they didn't know each other and later on they realized it was infatuation. Second, we had Kin, who at first liked Yukiko right away but then with all the twist and turns that happened he doubted his feeling for her, and realized they don't really know each other. With time, they got to know one another and eventually became a couple. This for me was refreshing amidst all the YA instant love going on. The issues in presented also resonate in our world. Pollution, Global warming and segregation and prosecution of those who are different. This book was action packed and kept me turning the pages one after the other. As a series, I rate The Lotus War with 4 stars and something I'd re-read.
    • 4/5
      This is set in a pseudo Japan of Western Fiction. Several people have posted about issues with book 1 and book 3 doesn't make things much better. Quite probably this would be, for someone of Japanese Heritage the equivalent of some fiction set in Ireland. I did find it kept me reading even though sometimes I just wanted things to move on.It's the conclusion of the series, they discover the reason behind the Lotus burning and the Russian analogue, Morcheba, are quite pivotal in the end battle. There's a lot of complicated politics and characters that are followed and several interesting people die. Interesting but could be better.
    • 4/5
      Endsinger took longer than I expected to read due to the combination of dense but epic writing, a slightly slow first half, and formatting that shunned all excess whitespace (it's longer than you think!). I cried, I smiled, I am in the end quite satisfied with this conclusion and not nearly as depressed as I thought I would be.
    • 3/5
      This is the third, and final, book in The Lotus Wars series by Kristoff. I got a copy of this to review through Goodreads First Reads program. This whole series has been very hit and miss for me. I enjoyed the second book in the series, but thought the first half of the first book was awful. This third book was again mixed for me. There were parts of the story I enjoyed and parts that were really painful to get through. You absolutely must read the first couple books in this series to follow what is happening in this book. I was lost half the time and I had already read the first two books in this series.Hiro is marching with the Guild for to battle and conquer the isles. Yukiko and Buruu have taken over leadership of the Kage’ rebellion, but Buruu’s past is coming back to haunt him. Kin is back in the Guild trying to prove his worth after betraying the Kage’. Lastly Hana and Yoshi are trying to find their place with the Kage; they have been thrust into leadership positions with little experience and are struggling.This was a long book that felt long...I had a lot of the same problems with this book that I had with the previous one. The story is very fractured and switches POV often and abruptly. There are a zillion characters to keep track of. The characters have difficult names and not enough distinctive characteristics, so it is very hard to keep track of them all. Kristoff does have a section at the beginning of the book where he lists all the different characters and their backgrounds. This was extremely helpful and I referenced it a ton, but it still didn’t help me to understand the characters’ relation to other characters and didn’t do a good job jogging my memory about the previous book. I think an additional “the story so far” summary would have been very helpful as well.I am always excited to read these books, but then when I read them I remember how much I hate the POV changes and how difficult and drawn out the whole thing is to read. I really do love the Asian feel to these books, the setting, and the interesting steampunk elements...but the plot and writing style really drags down all the elements I enjoy. I end up liking the idea of the story more than the actual story itself. The best part of this book is Buruu (just like in previous books). Buruu adds humor and intelligence to the story and is by far my favorite character. In this book we learn a lot of his background and meet many other Storm Tigers; this was by far the highlight of the book for me.Yukiko continues to make questionable decisions throughout the book, I have never really enjoyed her as a character. Hana and Yoshi are in the story quite a bit but I never really feel like I got to know them well in the 2nd book and still don’t engage with them as characters all that well. Kin is in the book some (he is my 2nd favorite character after Buruu) but he wasn’t in it nearly enough.The book has an incredibly high body count. Towards the end of the book a major character or two is dying pretty much in every chapter. To be far there are a ton of major characters, so Kristoff has a wide variety of characters he can kill off without negatively impacting the story as a whole. The story as a whole ties up well I guess. There weren’t many loose ends. I honestly found myself skimming it, because I didn’t remember who half of the minor characters were anyway and didn’t really care what happened to them. Overall I think my I would have been better off skipping this whole series completely. It’s overly complicated, hard to follow, is fractured because of all of the POV changes and was generally painful to read. I enjoyed the setting and the world, although I enjoyed the idea of this series better than the series itself. The series as a whole was very uneven, there were parts I thought were decent and parts I hated. Mostly I am just happy to be done with this series and I don’t plan on reading more books by Kristoff in the future.
    • 5/5
      For more reviews, Cover Snark and more, visit A Reader of Fictions.The Lotus War is coming to an end, one way or another. I’m here to assure you that Jay Kristoff’s trilogy doesn’t prat fall in the final volume. Endsinger is everything I hoped and dreamed it would be, only more. For the uninitiated, here’s my pitch: Kristoff’s fantasy is sort of like Joss Whedon combined Game of Thrones, and will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. That’s really the best way I can sum up the pain and wonderfulness that The Lotus War trilogy has in store. Now, at this point, I’m going to urge people who haven’t read Stormdancer and Kinslayer to head on out (though don’t miss the giveaway at the bottom of the review), because there will be spoilers for the first two books and this is not a series where you want to be spoiled. Any spoilers for book three will be within spoiler tags.Alright, it’s just those of us who have read the first two Lotus War books. You know what that’s like. You know how Jay Kristoff stabbed his authorial pen into your heart and twisted it around. You’re probably a little bit afraid.No, really. Endsinger is as bad as you’re expecting it to be, if not worse. By bad, of course, I mean absolutely gorgeous and utterly painful. Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be chewed on by an arashitora? It’s probably pretty similar to the feeling of my heart. Just saying. Jay is an evil, evil human being who feeds off the tears of his readers.Endsinger has probably the swiftest pace of the trilogy. By book three, shit is going down consistently. There’s no lull here, no calm. War has arrived. Sure, the battles haven’t yet begun at the very beginning of the book, but something intense happens in every single chapter. People often mention books leaving them breathless and this is one book where it’s actually true. At no point is any one of these characters safe.One thing that I do want to comment on is Yukiko’s pregnancy. That was the main concern I had about Endsinger. Anyone who knows me knows that I loathe babies as a plot device. It is true that Yukiko’s new status as an impending mother is important in Endsinger, but it doesn’t change who she is. Yukiko remains every bit as brave. In fact, if anything, being pregnant makes her stronger and more determined to save her world. The twins do make others treat her differently sometimes but she is in no way weakened or lesser. I feel like society tries to tell the badass women in this series that having sex made them unworthy and they were like “I’ll show you what the fuck I can do” and that’s pretty much the best.In some spots, Kristoff truly surprised me; there were twists that I did not see coming. Endsinger shocked me in being a book full of redemption: Kin’s a good guy after all! I did not see that coming AT ALL. Holy shit. And Hiro has some good left in him. Another surprise. The characters in this series are so dynamic, constantly changing and learning and growing and struggling. This is precisely why they’re so real to me and why it hurts me so damn much when they die. A character suddenly becomes amazing and you’re so happy for them and in comes Jay Kristoff with his murderous pen.What’s funny though is that the one thing I was able to see coming with pretty good accuracy was the death. I was chatting with Meg (Cuddlebuggery) early on in my reading and I started guessing who would die. I was actually pretty damn on target. I’ve got you figured out, Kristoff. Even so, it hurt. Being fairly sure that X character was going to depart the world really didn’t make the actual moment any less impactful. Plus, though I saw the event coming, there’s never knowing HOW or WHEN and oh the pain. The takeaway of this review? Jay Kristoff is a mean man and I love it.Seriously, this series is everything I want. A vivid setting with a diverse cast, magical powers, powerful female characters, incredible odds, characters all in a shade of gray, pain, and beauty. Sure, there are a couple of small goofs I noticed, like modern slang (ex. “fuck this noise”) or Captain-san (which is sort of like saying Mr. Captain), but honestly I don’t care about these things. I love the book so much, even when it’s punching me in my heart. Especially when it’s punching me in my heart.I’m not really sure what else to say except that I love this and ouch over and over, so I guess I’ll stop. The Lotus War series is one of my favorites of all time. The prose is luscious, the characters nuanced, and the plot so good that it makes me swoon. Pretty sure I will love these books and characters for all my life, just like Yukiko loves Buruu.
    • 4/5
      It is worth noting that I listened to the audiobook version of this, whereas I read the print or ebook copy of the previous two books in the trilogy. I mention this because it probably affected my rating. For some books the reading versus listening experience can vary greatly, and this is one of those cases. But more on that later.First, I want to start off by saying that Endsinger is a great conclusion to the series. After all that buildup in Kinslayer, I was skeptical that author Jay Kristoff could wrap it all up in one more book because there’s so much ground to cover, but he pulls it off magnificently. There’s a lot going on here. Without revealing any spoilers, this is just a taste of what we’re dealing with – 1) the Shima Imperium is in chaos, practically tearing itself apart in a civil war, 2) in the last book it was revealed that the Lotus Guild is poised to take over the empire with a secret weapon at their disposal, namely a colossal steampunk giant machine called Earthcrusher, 3) the Kage rebellion is now in shambles and it’s up to Yukiko and her storm tiger Buruu to rally and unite them, 4) somewhere out there, we know there are more of these storm tigers but getting their help would be difficult as they all seem to hate Buruu due to something awful he did in the past, so there’s that mystery to consider, 5) there’s the whole ongoing “gaijin war” happening outside of Shima, and the captured prisoners who are enslaved and subjected to the most horrific fates, 6) and finally, the biggie – Yukiko will have to deal with a major bombshell that was dropped on us in book two. Not going to say anything more than that, except what she learned about herself is a life changing event which would stay with her both emotionally and physically forever.Then of course there are all the little side plots involving the secondary characters, like Kin and Hana and Yoshi. Everyone is focused on working towards the goal of toppling Shima’s tyrannical reign as well as the evil, blood-soaked lotus industry that drives it. I won’t lie; there’s so much to wrap up here that I was half expecting the news along the way that this series would end up being a quadrilogy. And yet somehow, impressively, Kristoff manages to tie all of this together without leaving loose threads. That in itself is pretty amazing. There’s a lot to like in this volume. For one, we have the return of some fantastic characters, and as always the relationship dynamics make this one a great read. The story itself is enhanced by the drama of friendships and animosities between characters, the most obvious example being Yukiko’s bond with Buruu, which is one of the highlights of this series. Seriously, it’s a partnership to rival all the classic tales of interspecies friendships through the ages. And obviously, no epic saga is complete without secrets and devastating betrayals – as well as redemption. Plus, there’s also love. We mustn’t forget romance and passion, even in war. This book has all that and more.The story, however, is far from perfect. I was poised to write about the awesome twists and turns in this novel, until I stopped to really think about that. Sure, there were several hugely significant events that happened in this novel, but could I honestly say I didn’t expect any of them? Not so much. Unlike the last book, a lot of the “surprises” in this one were actually quite predictable, even when it came to some of the major character sacrifices or deaths. I also found the pacing of the storytelling frustratingly uneven. The beginning held me rapt, to the point not even a looming bedtime could have stopped me from listening, and indeed there were several nights where I stayed up late just to get an hour or two farther in the audiobook to find out what happened. Around the middle of the book though, I lost that enthusiasm. The story here started dragging its feet, and it’s a real shame, because unfortunately I never got the momentum back after that.Now is probably a good time to talk about why I think listening to this in audiobook format affected my enjoyment. I believe it had nothing to do with the narration and everything to do with the writing itself. While I think that in general Jay Kristoff is a good writer and an engaging story teller, he does have a tendency to sometimes go overboard with very flowery and ornate descriptions. This has been my experience with the last two books in this series, and in some ways that has prepared me well for going into Endsinger, knowing to expect some of these rough patches and passages. In spite of this, what I didn’t anticipate was how jarring and distracting it is when this kind of purple prose was read to me through an audiobook. As beautiful and detailed as some of Kristoff’s descriptions are, sometimes they go on for far too long, breaking the flow of the story entirely. As a result, yours truly zones out.I don’t think the effects were so noticeable when reading the actual print books, because my eye may have naturally skimmed over these big paragraphs and walls of text without me even being aware it was happening. This is not possible to do with an audiobook; instead, the audience has no choice but to be swept up into the entire text. A talented voice actor can make a book come to life, but hearing the writing read aloud can also sometimes clue a reader in to parts where the author is rambling, focused too much on the irrelevant, or losing his or her grasp on the scene. It happened more times than I would have liked here. It was doubly frustrating to have to constantly skip back a minute or two every time I realized my mind had wandered while listening to a particularly long section devoted to overly embellished descriptions.Still, I want to say that picking up the audiobook instead of the print version was my own personal bad choice. And I own up to that. I have no doubt I’d probably have liked this a lot more if I picked up the hardcover or ebook. This trilogy is excellent as a whole, and I have no qualms recommending it to young adults and adults alike (though make that older young adults, as even though the first book started off as more YA, I felt the series grew progressively darker and more mature with each installment). Was the conclusion absolutely epic and completely worth it, though? Yes and absolutely yes! But if you want my personal advice, just read it, don’t listen to it