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Title: Grave
Subtitle: Queen of the Dead, Book 3
Author: Michelle Sagara
Narrator: Alexandra Bailey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-17
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Publisher's Summary:
Grave is the concluding novel in the gripping Queen of the Dead paranormal trilogy.
Emma and her friends have survived the Necromancers sent to the city to kill them. They've gone to ground in a cottage north of the city, but time is not on their side. There are no barriers that can keep the dead out, and the dead obey their Queen. It's only a matter of time before they're found.
Nathan has been blessed by the Queen of the Dead. She has granted him a physical body. He can eat, he can breathe, he can speak and be heard. The Queen calls this resurrection. Nathan calls it Hell. The living think he's alive. He's not. He's trapped in the citadel that the Queen of the Dead calls home.
Emma wants to free him. To do that she has to survive long enough to reach the City of the Dead, and face its ancient Queen. But the city of the dead is the heart of the Queen's stronghold - and her power. Emma can't do it alone.
She's not alone. But even with hunters and her own dead at her side, what hope does she have against a woman who has lived so long, and grown so powerful, she's almost a god?
Members Reviews:
Beautiful conclusion to this series.
I was skeptical when this series first began, but as a long time fan of the author, I decided to try her YA series. Not only is this series different from most YA novels (for one example to that, the romance is not a present love story, but a past one. The main character Emma already lost her love) it brings a lot of solid issues about life to the table.
In Grave, Emma and her friends (and I still love the fact Michael is included!) are preparing for their next step in the fight against the Queen of the Dead. Allison's brother is lying in a hospital fighting for his life, and that strain, that fear of loss, is not ignored. Michelle Sagara is an expert at making her character's feel real with emotions.
Chase hates Emma throughout most of the series, not seeing her for who she is, but merely what she is. Something that can be applied in many different aspects of life.
Emma's still dealing with the loss of Nathan, and the fact he's not completely lost to her both because of her gift, and because of the Queen's power.
We get more of a back story on the Queen - who she was, and why she suddenly became what she did, and how she and Eric are connected.
The conclusion is bittersweet. Without adding in spoilers, the conclusion allows everyone some measure of peace, but it's not the picture perfect (or story perfect) peace some readers might seek. It's realistic feeling, it still involves losses, but there are silver linings through out.
Again, I wasn't certain I'd like this series - most YA books are not my cup of tea. But this series is, and I greatly enjoyed following it through to the conclusion.
this one was problematic for me
As in everything Michelle writes, this was very well-written, and in places, just beautiful--but it also had real issues. Many of the characters I'd found most interesting had become stagnant, and in this part of the story, they had to be carried by whatever we'd learned of them in earlier books, since except for Chase, Helmi and Nathaniel, everyone else stayed in the background without developing or changing.
