Eli Monpress is clever, he's determined, and he's in way over his head.First rule of thievery: don't be a hero. When Eli broke the rules and saved the Council Kingdoms, he thought he knew the price, but resuming his place as the Shepherdess's favorite isn't as simple as bowing his head. Now that she has her darling back, Benehime is setting in motion a plan that could destroy everything she was created to protect, and even Eli's charm might not be enough to stop her. But Eli Monpress always has a plan, and with disaster rapidly approaching, he's pulling in every favor he can think of to make it work, including the grudging help of the Spirit Court's new Rector, Miranda Lyonette. But with the world in panic, the demon stirring, and the Lord of Storms back on the hunt, it's going to take more than luck and charm to pull Eli through this time. He's going to have to break a few more rules and work with some old enemies if he's going to survive. Awesome, a must read! Rachel Aaron has done a great job once again. Continues the story with great detail and fantastic character development and depth. Just like the rest of the series, it was a fun read that was difficult to put down, and gave the series a good, satisfying ending. Unfortunately, it had the same issues as the previous books - e.g, the spelling and grammatical errors that could have been very easily fixed with a simple read over. For example, when Berek Sted was being mentioned, it was only able to be discerned that Sted was the one being spoken about because the events being spoken of only related to him. Not to Den, which is the name that was often used instead of Sted during the book. Again, a simple read over should have been able to fix these really easy and really obvious errors.Another thing that I found a little bit irksome is the complete and utter lack of character development and - throughout the series - the lack of a proper villain. Benehime may have been present in all the books, but she is not a cohesive villain, nor is there any real sense of an evil that they are facing aside from tiny little hints. This can be done well - but I found in this particular series that some kind of cohesiveness throughout all the books in regards to villainy of some kind would have been a benefit to the series. Back to character development, I found that there was a little bit for Nico and a little less for Josef, but there was only a brief moment of potential development for Eli, and afterward it completely unaffected him and he remained an immature character, while at least a bit more maturity on his part in this final installment quite possibly would have been a benefit.Aside from that, the book was still fun, still interesting, and still decently executed. The series wasn't bad, it was very likeable, and definitely made me laugh more than once. Sometimes embarrassingly hard.
What do You think about Spirit's End (2012)?
One out of five books being the shit was good enough, right? Yeah... Looks like it.
—CassieDoll
Why is this the last book??????? There's so much potential for a sixth book. T.T
—britar
Yup. Still wonderful. A perfect end to a fantastic series.
—DarkNero95
What an epic conclusion! Review following later.
—melody
