A review by centauria
Nexus by Deborah Biancotti, Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan

3.0

What a wild way to end the trilogy.
SPOILER ALERT
I thought Scam was going to lose his ability, but instead, he fully becomes it, yet was unable to communicate the knowledge he possessed. Very Stan Lee-ish; all that power but with a crippling physical deterrent. It was nice seeing Flicker tempt her narcissism, showing she's not wholly innocent. And it was nice seeing Bellwether humbled, though his narcissism showed one definat time more before the story ended: one of his zeroes was on the throne, and that was a victory. I really do wish though, the authors could have kept Zara from seeing the certain and specific limit of her ability. No matter what their future holds, all of the Zeroes are scarred. All of them have killed, save Scam and Bellwether. Although, Bellwether does seem very capable of it. I mean, it was revealed he was okay with destroying the world of normal folks.
Seriously, the last piece of this trilogy was wild. It was slowly paced with snipits of thrill and excitement, but the last few chapters had me reeling. I loved the quick pace, short chapters.

I must admit, I am a bit perturbed that my fan fiction may no longer be a valid future for the Zeroes. But then again, I only had written a few chapters. There may be something remaining to salvage :-)