Infinity Reaper

"I have to become a pawn who takes down the king. To outsmart the man who fools the world without a single shifter's muscle."Infinity Reaper picks up immediately at the end of Infinity Son and from there it just doesn't take a breath!! If you haven't read Infinity Son then you may not want to continue reading as it's hard not to be spoilery. Brighton has downed the potion that was meant for Luna and essentially all hell continues to break loose for all the members of the Spell Walkers. Things don't turn out quite as Brighton planned, Ness has been taken back by his father and Emil has to deal with the fracture in the ranks of the Spell Walkers. So many different events set in motion and the pacing just keeps getting ramped up as you go back and forth between the different POV's. So many different reveals about the main characters but also Bautista, Keon and Cordova, plus some connections that I definitely wasn't expecting. I really enjoyed the addition of the Halo Knight characters Tala, Wyatt and of course Nox!! Was really torn because I loved Emil and Wyatt together but also so want Ness and Emil together as well! The one thing I have to say is that I have never wanted to smack a character upside the head as much as I do Brighton. I mean, he is working really hard to be just a complete arseling, and it will have to be quite the redemption in book 3 if I am to be bothered at all to care if anything bad happens to him. He's your brother dude!! And Adam does it again with that ending.......really!?!?!! Can't wait to see how all of this plays out in the final book.

This has been my most anticipated 2021 read, and it did NOT disappoint! Most of the plot twists were amazing, and I was hooked the entire time. The LGBTQ+ rep was amazing, especially with how casual it was! I already love Adam Silvera and his work (They Both Die at the End and Infinity Son), so I knew he wouldn’t disappoint!(SPOILER WARNING)Brighton turning into the “surprise cliffhanger villain” wasn’t much of a surprise. I guess that was the point, since the target audience is for young adults, but I wished the book could’ve been more subtle about the foreshadowing. Like throughout the story, they made it obvious that Brighton’s narcissism was gonna make him change sides in the end, but still tried to make it seem like he was the “good guy”. It irked me how selfish and uncaring his thoughts were, like he was still aware of how harsh his thoughts, but in the end he was like “okay, my brother is weak, I’m dumping my dream girlfriend, and relying only on my online followers as ‘support’”. Great story still, but it’s safe to say he was my least favorite character.Even with all of that, I can’t WAIT for the next book in this amazing series!!

The book is all over the place going from one person point of view to another. I think it has wonderful things that could make great stories, but the author seems to be just going with a cash grab to write as many books as possible. I am getting tired of this style of writing where the stories never wrap up so there are more and more books.

I loved this book! Adam Silvera is a genius!