Susan Ee

End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee's bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They're both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn's sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe's past unleashes dark forces that threaten them all. When the angels release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a path toward war. As unlikely alliances form and strategies shift, who will emerge victorious? Forced to pick sides in the fight for control of the earthly realm, Raffe and Penryn must choose: Their own kind, or each other? 'Addictive. Seriously and completely addictive.' Glamour

Penryn and the End of Days - Book 3

End of Days

The conclusion is not really satisfying, it is rushed. A shame when the first two were so thrilling and not so fast paced. 

Juliette Fontaine 

i thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy. i kinda think that it might be better if it was a single standalone fantasy, but regardless i had so much fun. and the theme of humanity being stronger together vs fighting each other is always relevant. evil angels, mythical creatures, really clever and funny heroine, slow burn, angels vs humans, reluctant hero, yeah this was a fun series (however it is a pretty dark series, so if you were squeamish with the hunger games im not sure this would be a good one for you) 

big ab

Linara K.S

Hanna Rybchynska

Mel 

Very dark, brutal and really good.
I lowkey feel like this entire series could have been combined into book. I don’t know. 
But I loved getting to know more about the world of the Angels and the Fallen. 
I love the banter between Raffe and Penryn. I also loved how the familial relationships were developed and maintained throughout the series.
It was a really quick, fast-paced dystopian read.

End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee's bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They're both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn's sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe's past unleashes dark forces that threaten them all. When the angels release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a path toward war. As unlikely alliances form and strategies shift, who will emerge victorious? Forced to pick sides in the fight for control of the earthly realm, Raffe and Penryn must choose: Their own kind, or each other?

Izzy

What the hell was wrong with Penryn in this book? Why the hell did she turn into this annoying lovesick puppy that didn't seem to care about anything else than Raffe?

Joy Bush

I LOVE this series and I was so excited to get the 3rd final book but also sad cuz it is over. What will I do without Raffe + Prenryn in my life? Anyway, I read this book in 2 days and could not put it down. I laughed, I cried, I was afraid and every emotion in between! 

Highly highly recommend!! I am going to go read books 1, 2, and 3 all together now.

Fatima Kadri 

*4.5 
Best book in the series but the ending was a little meh.

Jamieson

“That's the whole point of a talent show,’ says Dee, doing a spin onstage. ‘It's illogical, chaotic, stupid, and a whole hell of a lot of fun.’ Dee nods to Dum. ‘It's what sets up apart from monkeys. What other species put on talent shows?” 


I think I've made it pretty obvious I have a love-hate relationship with this series. Some aspects of it I adore - there is solid diversity, good characters, chaos, action, and a good deal or gore/body horror for ya. 

But there are also alot of bad things, generic dystopian landscapes, ableist themes, shallow characterization and honestly a weak ending. 

FOCUSSING JUST ON END OF DAYS End of Days was much, much more enjoyable to me then World After. I was in a massive reading slump, but End of Days managed to pull me right out of it. The action is full-on and theres hardly and meandering about like in the sequels. The climax comes quickly and there is plenty of action and drama leading up to it. 

There were some thing that could have been done better - too many side characters had no personality, and after teasing and hyping up The Watchers we barely got to see them. The ending didn't make enough sense to me. (view spoiler)[ UM, if you're going to have Raffe dramatically change sides can't we at least have some reasoning behind it. Also, you're telling me all this drama about getting a new Messenger could have just been resolved if they'd called Michael up days earlier ????  (hide spoiler)] To me, the ending was really weak and that was a shame. It let down a fairly solid series. 

THE SERIES MORE BROADLY I was disappointed at the ableist themes carrying on. I thought I'd wait to see what happens with Paige, but I wasn't happy. Portraying a wheelchair bound girl in book 1 was a big plus for me, but the magical cure is poor representation and disappointing. 

The romance was subtle and slow-burn and I liked that, I felt that it never teetered into the realms of unrealistic. Romance remained a sub-plot, and didn't overshadow the central themes which is something I appreciate in YA Books. 

The themes were a little jumbled, I felt Ee tried to make a point about the imperfection of humanity being out greatest strength but to me the theme just didn't stick I was hoping for something a little more. 


  “I thought you said you've slept on rocks in the snow.'
'I have. That's why I sleep on soft beds whenever I can.” 


For me, this series and this book is fun but not special. It is a book you enjoy at the time but doesn't stay with you much longer then that. The dialogue, characters and plots can be a little eyebrow-raising at times, but overall enjoyable. They are quick, fun reads and great for curing reading slumps (I've discovered) but they're not much more deep then that. 

Follow My Blog || Rating: 3*

This book is so underrated omg I loved it 

Ieva

Annabella

A little more than 3.5 
This series is mix of snark, badassery and a beatiful and complex mythology.
Full review to come

Leonor Ribeiro 

Nicole

OH MY GOD
THIS BOOK 
THAT ENDING
I LOVED IT
THANK YOU SUSAN EE

Tia Malt 

Easily one of the best series' that I've read this year - maybe longer. It wasn't predictable in any way, always keeping me on my toes. Ee somehow found a way to tell a story of the apocalypse and angels falling to earth *without* it being cliche or predictable in any way. She made the characters in depth - even the bad guys were good and the good guys were bad - and left no minor character as minor. Everyone had a story and Ee told it well, leaving me on the edge of my seat. The series had next to no lulls and is really not comparable to any series I've ever read before.

Ee didn't make the fatal error of creating a main female character who was more concerned with her love life than the world (literally) ending, and she didn't make her into an damsel in distress either. Instead she created a well rounded, flawed but heroic individual who knew how to fight for what she believed in but also accepted help when she knew she needed it. Penryn was easily one my favourite heroines in any book I've read.

And then there was Raffe - oh how i love Raffe. He was caring without being overbearing and he stuck to his beliefs and his loyalties in a way that simply has to be respected. He didn't hold Penryn back or try to be her 'knight in shining armour' - he was there for her and she was there for him and thats what made their romance so sweet.

Ee outdid herself with this series
5/5 to all books

fer ❀

i really liked the plot of this one but it doesn’t compare to the first book but i would still re-read the entire trilogy

Vilde

Allison Garrett

This was a wonderful trilogy that was fast paced and full of action. The characters were interesting and I found myself caring about how their lives were turning out. 
Penryn is a great heroine who was strong, almost too strong. It seemed a little unreasonable that she would be able to taken on so much when she was just 17. I can't imagine taking on all the things she did at her age. I am glad that Ee was able to give her an actual reason to be good at fighting all of the things that she does. 
Her mother is an amazing character. She didn't have a huge change in character, she started crazy and ended crazy, but the reader does get to see more about where she comes from and why she does what she does. Ms. Young loves her children and would do anything to protect them she just can't get out of her own mind. 
Raffe was also an excellent character. He almost reminded me of Edward Cullen in a way where he knew he couldn't date the pretty young girl because he had to be strong and resist her. I did like him though, he was interesting and you could see that he cared for Penryn even if he was self righteous which is expect because he is an angel. 
Paige was a little irritating to me. I could see why Penryn wanted to protect her and everything, but as the series got on I kind of got tired of caring about her and all of her problems. 
The plot had some major twists and turns and seemed pretty well thought out and executed. Overall it is a great series I would recommend to anyone.

Joan 

I really enjoyed this series! Its a good apocalypse plot. But as much as I like Penryn and Raffe. Its the classic teengager X ancient being love trope.And that did bother me a bit. But they were also really cute so I kept being pulled in two directions.

Julie D.

** spoiler alert **
           3.5/5
The ending kinda booty but I love me some Watcher banter. Pooky bear or bust tbh.

Sheila

Compared to the previous 2 books, this was a let-down. The writing wasn't bad, but the story felt rushed and at the same time I didn't get that sense of urgency & tension that was so strong in Angelfall & World After (something you kind of expect when you reach, you know, the apocalypse and end of days). The story was wrapped up too neatly, and it had a happy ending??????? It just didn't feel right, oh well.

Autumn 

Alaia

This is the most terrible book I’ve ever read...that I wholeheartedly enjoyed.

Maybe that’s a little bit harsh, but trust me, I have no negative feelings towards this series. In fact, I might even be inclined to reread it at some point. Say what you will about Susan Ee’s writing quality, but she is the only author I’ve ever encountered able to write something so bad that it’s good.

Warned as I was about how trashy this third instalment would be, I began it expecting exactly what I got. A sort of glittery on-fire disaster that was immensely, immensely entertaining. Was the writing well done? No. It was juvenile and at times jarringly immature for the darker and more graphic subjects it sometimes took on, but that’s just Ee’s style, and I’ve accepted it. Was the conclusion weak? Yes, almost amusingly so, but again, I had gone in expecting this, so I wasn’t very put off by it.

While Angelfall was genuinely well-written and managed to stay on the line between childish and serious, the second instalment began to cross that line, and this last book was resoundingly reminiscent of reading a 2013 fanfiction on Wattpad. But in a good way!!

I think I just enjoy this series because Susan Ee really struck a gold mine with her premise. I’m a sucker for any apocalypse story, but an angel apocalypse? Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Stay trashy, Ms Ee.

Maria emilia 

Katie Montemayor 

4.5 stars only because I feel like her ending was sort of a cop out, but it was still really good!

End of Days Penryn and the End of Days - Book 3

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