The last in the loom saga series didnt disappoint in terms of drama and fast paced action and the world building remained solid. However I did have a few issues with the way a few characters were developed and what felt like inconsistencies in the plot which were clearly for expediency. Spoilers below



Most of the inconsistencies were around Florence. I just failed to see how it could be justified that Florence, an staunch disciple of Arianna's suddenly turned against her and was so publicly dismissive of her with no provocation. It just didn't make sense. And then from nowhere Florence who had exhibited zero same sex attraction and was at some point somewhat attracted to Derek was suddenly somehow having a physical reaction to Derek's girlfriend and her love for her mentor was suddenly an epic romantic love (this is after she basically makes it clear she has outgrown Arianna and appears to have a veiled disdain for her behaviour post her Nova visit). Remember in book two Florence was the one to see the relationship between Arianna and Cvareh growing and at no point did we get any indication that she herself harboured romantic feelings for Arianna. In my view this felt a lot like the author had somehow forgotten that her books must explore same sex relationships and so she hurriedly tweaked the plot to accommodate this. I found it unnecessary and it took away from the flow of the book.