Finally! We finally got some action, plot points, things happening! Honestly, I didn't have high hopes for this one since I wasn't a fan of Captivate and Entice, but Carrie Jones pulled it out in the end. We could have condensed Books 2 and 3 to about 75-100 pages and just made this book bigger and it would have been perfect. There was way too much build-up in the two previous books. And FINALLY Zara isn't saying "omg NickNickNick" anymore. Things don't center around her pining for him and all that other jazz. I actually finished this in three days, which is really fast for me, but it's also a long weekend and I didn't have much else going on, so I just sat and read. Finally we get a little bit of character development too, with Zara actually gaining a little bit more maturity and depth to her.

All in all, this final book in the quartet is actually pretty good. Read Need, find a good review/synopsis for Captivate and Entice, and read this one. ( )

I enjoyed this conclusion to the NEED series. Zara and Astley have gotten Nick back from Valhalla, but all is not well since Zara is still a pixie and Nick=not okay with pixies. Poor Zara. Also, there is mounting pressure from the coming pixie war, which the gang has to somehow figure out how to defend their little snowy town in Maine from, while Zara decides which of her guys she wants to be with. All in all, had lots of action and was a satisfying conclusion to the series.

Please excuse typos. Entered on screen reader. ( )

This was definitely my favourite book in the series. I am so so ad that the Need series is over though. I loved all the characters. I can't put too much here without giving away spoilers, but it was definitely good. The ending was fantastic as well =) ( )

A respectable ending for the series.
Nick did not get strangled. Sadly.
Astley did get loved. Yay.
Zara got closure from both her dads. That was cool.
The world DIDN’T end. That’s always a plus.
Towards the middle-end, which is when they’re engaging in the big battle to dcdie the fate of the world, but the books not over yet, there was a development with Astley. Now, it may be that I’ve read books where similar things have happened, but I DID NOT BELIEVE IT FOR A SECOND.
Zara did, though. Stupid Zara. You think he’d actually do that? After being so awesome?
Yeah. Issie was funny and cute, as always.
Devyn wasn’t as much of a character in this book as in previous ones.

Now, sometimes I tell people they should listen to certain bands while reading a certain book. Not that I listened to any of these bands whie reading this book, but I think they might fit, and I do have reasons:

Rebecca Black or Justin Bieber: Now, I know what I’m about to say will make people think I’m on the Bieber-hate train. The truth is, I DON’T hate Justin Bieber. If I hear on the radio, I’m cool. My brother has control of our iPod music library, so, no Biebs on my iPod, but I don’t hate him.
I do hate that Rebecca Black song, though.
Anyway, I think these two artists might fit this book because their music does kind of convey that I’m-a-sixth-grader vibe. If you talked to me about these books or read my reviews, you know that in my opinion, these characters act like sixth graders (Except Astley. Astley’s cool).

Leaves Eyes: this is a norwegian-german-some other European country band, but they sing in english. I do not have any of these guy’s songs on my iPod either, but these guys would TOTALLY fit since they sing primarily about Norse Mythology, and this series is all about that Norse mythology, so.

Favorite quote from this book:

“We kiss like old people.” Issie retorts, crossing her arms over her jacket. “Like old people on TV, actually.”

And with that, I leave you.

P.S. In other news, completely unrelated to this book, the other day, I bought two books which I now own and, hence, will be able to read at any time of my choosing: The Daughter of Smoke and Bone (and waiting anxiously for Days of Blood and Starlight!) and Nevermore, the final Maximum Ride book.


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Okay, so I kind of had to be on Team Astley because it just made sense, but after wanting to punch Nick for most of the book, I was definitely there. I also note that while Zara tends to find Nick's macho bit kind of cute, it isn't, and Astley's genuine respect for Zara as a person is much more appealing. I definitely liked how this turned out all around, although I would have liked a tiny bit more clarity on the post script. ( )