Still snarky, still fun.

The Last Graduate continues on the same dark humor note as A Deadly Education. And right from the beginning, we can see that El will have a lot to deal with this year. Luckily, she is not alone anymore.

If I said that in the first book, I had trouble seeing how many students are actually in school. This book definitely fixed that problem. As the graduation nears, the alliances are being finalized and El, the past loner, is forced to interact with more and more people. Some she likes, some she can barely stand, some can barely stand her.

With so many new characters, El's and Orion's interactions get pushed into the background. I wish we have gotten more of their relationship right from the beginning, but later we get enough to make up for it.

There is also more focus on learning about the school itself. There is a lot of new mystery and discoveries. Some of those are quite game-changing.

This book probably even more than the first one deals with morality. Should you be selfish or risk your life for others? Especially in this place where selfishness became the norm. And one thing is thinking about how someone will behave in a crisis, but how will they actually behave? And are certain actions good if they have worse consequences? For a YA, this book delves quite deep into that area.

Also, can I say how glad I am that I finished just a few days before the third book comes out? Because I have no clue how I would survive waiting one year after reading that ending.

The second book might not have been as great as the first but still a 5* material. It did have a bit slower start, in my opinion, but the end really made up for it.

Free copy received in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Still a good series, but major ding for ending on a cliffhanger. It's unnecessary and manipulative. ( )

It would have been 5 stars, but one gets deleted for a cliffhanger ending. Otherwise, another awesome installment. ( )

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WHY. Would you end it that wayyy? If you hate waiting for books to come out after a cliffhanger, keep moving. If the release of the 2nd book is any indication, the 3rd book will come out around September 27, 2022. Which is incredible, compared to *some* authors.

Anyways I'm in love with these books and I want them to be about a dozen of these for me to read and reread. The magic system is really cool and I love the dark brutal logic of the world they live in, forcing them to be incredibly selfish and to expect everyone to be that way, until they aren't.

Also just putting it out there, but I would shell out a lot for a leather-ish bound set of this series.... ( )