I've now finished Heaven's Queen by Rachel Bach, which is the third and final book in the Paradox trilogy. I previously reviewed the first two books, Fortune's Pawn and Honour's Knight. I won't go into too much detail of the plot for this book because it's difficult to discuss the plot of the third book in a trilogy without giving major spoilers for the previous two books. As I have said in my previous reviews, the series revolves around Devi, an armoured mercenary who gets caught up in a secret war again an alien race.I really enjoyed this third book, it was a good conclusion to the story. The series overall was really enjoyable. The plot is action packed with a good mystery conspiracy plot as well. The series doesn't spend a lot of time on world building, which is forgiveable given that these books are all fairly short, but I did like the setting and the various alien races. I really liked Devi as a character and a narrator, and I love that she's the woman who is really ambitious and violent and it's not presented as a bad thing, she doesn't need to change or give up on her goals despite what happens to her in the book.As I said in my reviews of the first two books, the main negative of the series for me was the romance, which is a little bit unbelievable and heavy handed. This third book was the worst for the romance aspect, and as a result it is my least favourite of the three books in the trilogy. That being said, romance is not really my thing anyway, it's not something I generally enjoy, so other readers may like that aspect of the book more than I did. Overall I really enjoyed these books. The series was just a really light, fast paced, enjoyable read for me. These books are definitely not serious, I read them because I wanted something light and diverting to get into, and so I'm not going to hold them up against great science fiction classics. But for anyone looking for a fun, fast-paced, action-packed science fiction series, then these books are highly recommended. I loved this series. The pace of the story made me want to keep reading not put it down. I loved that Devi's motives were consistent till the end. After everything that she went though she doesn't deviate from her end goal.surprisingly I really loved the world the author created. The world building was just as great as the character development. This book really cemented my love for this series.
Do You like book Heaven's Queen (2014)?
I have enjoyed the story of Devi and Rupert and would recommend it to both fantasy and romance fans
—ram
It got a little more improbable, and a lot more romantic (the idealized kind).
—turquoiselover714
The best of the series. Well worth reading!
—Amber
Great ending to the Trilogy. Loved it.
—Mamashelby42310
