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think my biggest complaints with this book are the cover and the fact that the ending felt just a bit anticlimatic,
But, I can cast those aside because we got conversations! We got healing! We got acknowledgment of pain! We got CHARACTER GROWTH! We also got a new setting that I think was very necessary for these two brothers to break free from the trauma of their past and truly begin to live lives not constantly weighed down and warped by their past sins.


Kay's POV was okay, it took me bit to get used to the dialect Monette employs, but it's basically a light version of what she used in the Goblin Emperor so I didn't have too much trouble.
One again, Milday and Felix's POVs were what grabbed my attention, especially when they had these conversations that didn't end in screaming matches, but instead improved their relationship.
Baby steps.

I greatly enjoyed the journey the Doctrine of Labyrinths took me on, for all its dark content and staggering amounts of PAIN,
I'm glad I read this series and while I wished we got a bit more catharsis wrt to the ending, which as I mentioned was somewhat anticlimatic, I'm not disappointed.

So, here we finally finish up what is surely the darkest series I have read in a really long time, a series so dark I'm actually really surprised I finished it.
That doesn't by any means mean it was a bad series, it just means that it's dark enough that, looking back, I'm surprised I didn't say, "You know what, this personally isn't for me, I'm going to stop.
" It's a series full of violence and trauma, and that's not something I'm big on, Nevertheless, I finished it, and for the most part I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected,

And I want this to be clear: I'm knocking a star off this book and rating itinstead ofbecause it absolutely does not feel like the end of the series, despite the fact that it was publishedyears ago and I think it's pretty clear that another book isn't coming out at this point.
Felix and Mildmay's story does not feel wrapped up in any way shape or form, It's not like there is a huge, unbearable cliffhanger, but nothing feels property done, either, We aren't left on a satisfying note,

Other than that, it is a good book, It continues to not be a romance in any shape or form despite being categorized as a "Romance gt M M Romance," and as with some of the previous books, there isn't even any romance in the book to make the label make sense.
I'm not sure if GoodReads is causing weirdness with the categorization or what, But this book isnot a romance, If you want a romance, this book will profoundly disappoint you and make you unhappy, There's a lot that goes on, but it's not romance,

It's also a book, as I said, that is full of trauma, The book has on page, graphic rape, and one of the characters is put through what I would describe as psychological torture, It's not a gentle book, so be ready if you're planning to go in,

The world building is absolutely fascinating, and I love the way that different parts of the world have both different cultures and different levels of technology.
That's just fun. An excellent ending to a very enjoyable series, I'm so happy with the resolution, growth and sense of hope at the end this series, The plot stuff isn't always stellar but the thoughtful, nuanced exploration of both main characters as well as the emotional engagement makes this for a thoroughly worthwhile read.


Cuando arranqué el libro y vi que teníamos una nueva perspectiva de un personaje copletamente desconocido dije "pero la puta madre", Me equivocaba Kay es un personaje magnífico y su perspectiva eriquece mucho el libro,
El final de la saga es su libro más extraño, Sucede en otro lugar entiendo que una especie de Inglaterra de fantasía y Felix es significativamente menos forro que en los tres libros anteriores, lo cual puede parecer menor pero juro que no lo es.
En fin, como me acostumbró esta saga, cada factor influye en la resolución final, todo cierra y los laberintos juegan un papel importante, Por el otro lado, como también me acostumbró esta saga, la resolución no deja de ser "Felix se para, hace magia, y como es un re capo arregla todo".
No está mal y tiene sentido con respecto a la trama, pero es un poco frustrante,
En fin, parece que Felix tenía que aprender a perdonarse y Mildmay tenía que aprender a tener sexo casual, Ahora pueden vivir tranquilos. Los quiero mucho.

Algún día quizás relea esta saga, Me trajo muchas alegrías, An enjoyable read, and a nice enough ending for this series, It's rather different from the earlier books it dips a toe into steampunk, for instance, Knowing that this was the series wrapup, I had a hard time getting interested in the new characters and their problems, and I missed Mehitabel, Well, damn. It's hard to say whether the book is worth three or four, since it depends on what you want from it, Corambis is the last part of the Doctrine of Labyrinths series that is more like a journey than a story with a plot, This eventually ate the fourth star, since Corambis didn't manage to gather the bits and pieces for me, Felix is exiled to Corambis where he is supposed to get his judgement for being a heretic, Mildmay follows him and mostly the story is about this journey and them meeting other people and eventually saving Corambis from titan clocks, automatons and whatnot, This part of the story, the whole labyrinth thing was lacking though and somehow we never got into it, really, The books all deal with difficult magic and structures, which makes reading heavy, Also, I don't really get why Kay gets a voice and some of the other characters in the books, It makes the story line messy,

The most I love are Felix and Mildmay and them together, The pervert in me wanted them to get together and somehow it feels like Monette did just that, Their relationship changes subtly in this book and suddenly our brothers act like a married couple and at first I was sure Felix would end up with Kay, but nothing thank god, wasn't the dead dude enough.
. . The last paragraph kind of implies that our brothers are more than just brothers, Or is it just me The whole "lets make our life together in a secluded lighthouse and be happy, you and me", Throughout the book it felt like Monette wrote us what we wanted, but was so clever with it, I loved it. The whole plot is quite simple and it's more about the characters than anything else, Felix and Mildmay's voices are perfect and so different and at the same time they work so well with each other, I wished for more affection though, even though the whole staying in bed together, talking and witchlights around them was romantic, but I needed something more concrete, even though it would've been creepy in a sense.
I'd love to get an unofficial lighthouse love episode when Mildmay caves in, Yes, I'm a pervert. I remember calling Mehitabel's pov "intrusive" and now I'm laughing, This time we start off with the pov of a character we don't even know, Kay. And ho boy, is Kay's voice annoying, I guess the writer wanted a very distinctive speech pattern, and the way she chose to go about that couldn't be more excruciating to read, Inconsistent too, understandably.
There is this whole new country, whole new culture, whole new mess of politics, whole new set of characters that I'm supposed to launch into, understand and care about and I don't.
The story is unoriginal though, events are eerily similar to those in book one and the first portion of book two, It's like the writer didn't know what else to do in Mélusine and its surroundings so she just

dropped the protagonists in a different place and figured she could get away with having them do the same old things all over again.

There's an overarching plot that is kind of interesting, though,
On the bright side! Felix FINALLY does some much needed growing up, the relationship between him and Mildmay evolves into something bearable and even enjoyable at times, with mutual respect and support and affection and everything, and incest is honest to god declared dead early on.

Now in hindsight I can definitely say that none of these books should be labeled as romance of any kind, and the fact that they are makes me feel cheated.
I'm a sucker for romance stories and expecting one and not getting it most assuredly factors in the low ratings of the whole series, .