From Goodreads: My name is Gemma Lucas and my life’s a mess. Alex is gone, my dad’s trapped in his own mind, and my mom’s working for the dark side. Not to mention Nicholas refuses to quit haunting me.

The world has also entered apocalyptic mode. Everyday more vampires, witches, and fey run the streets. Innocent people are dying. The Mark of Malefiscus is showing up everywhere. And I’m the only one who can stop it.

The only problem is I have to die in order to do so. And I have to let Alex die. Something I’m not sure I can do.

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This final book in the Fallen Star series is, actually, not the final book at all.  It is, but it isn’t, if you follow what I just said.  Having just completed the novel, I was sad to see that the series was over, especially because not all my questions were answered.  However, at the very end of the novel I was informed that The Lost Soul is already out and it’s a spinoff of the Fallen Star series.  It’s a new series, but it continues the story of Alex and Gemma.  Happy dance, the story does continues!

In the fourth installment of the Fallen Star series, Sorensen gives the reader both Gemma’s and Alex’s viewpoint throughout the story.  It’s a first for the series, but I absolutely loved having two points of view and I hope this continues in the Fallen Soul series.  Being able to follow both characters throughout the novel was amazing, especially as Gemma and Alex were away from each other throughout much of the story.  This allowed me to stay connected to both characters as Sorensen begins to bring them back together again, which I really enjoyed.

I have to say that the ending wasn’t really what I was expecting.  Based on all the twists and turns within not only this novel, but also the entire series, I really thought there would be some sort of knock down drag out fight at the end in order to save both Alex and Gemma from death.  There isn’t.  It all sort of neatly resolves itself, and while I love a happy ending, it did leave me scratching my head.  However, like I said, there is a spinoff to the series, so it’s not over yet, and I’m sure we’ll learn even more enticing information and perhaps some of my questions will be answered as well.

Overall, I really liked this series and I highly suggest picking it up if you haven’t tried and of Sorensen’s novels yet.  Four stars.

I purchased a copy of this novel from Amazon.