Sunday, September 27, 2015

Rogue: The Paladin Prophecy Book 3

Written by Mark Frost, this book is a whirlwind at times. In the first two books the setting is mainly contained at the private boarding school the five roommates (Will, Nick, Brooke, Elise, and Ajay) attend. But in the last book they end up traveling into the Never-Was a place created by the Hierarchy, who Will's best friend Dave works for. They encounter the Makers and many creatures called the Others.
But in order to get to the Never-Was the book started out with Will having to pretend to love his newly discovered sociopath grandpa, Franklin Greenwood, who worked with the Knights and the Makers to give these five roommates special powers made up of the Makers DNA through a program using in vitro called the Paladin Prophecy.
The roommates go into the Never-Was to rescue Dave, a Wayfarer/Angel, sent to eliminate the Others and protect Will. They encounter many species of monsters in the Never-Was and have to fight quite a few of them. Throughout their epic quest the roommates develop their powers and learn new things about themselves. Of course at the end of the book they have an epic face-off with the Makers, win, and return home with Dave each of them all in one piece. Plus they all live happily ever after, as far as we know.
I thought this book was well plotted but I think the ending could've been wrapped up better. The last chapter of the book is basically Will writing a letter to his father, whom Will hasn't seen since his father was kidnapped by the Knights in the first book with the exception of a small appearance at the end of the third book. All Will does is describe what happened in the book, how they won the epic face-off, and are just being ordinary students now that the fighting is over.
But why leave it at that? Couldn't Frost have hinted at how Will will be hunting for his father and that he hopes to find him? I also find it extremely dumb how Will just assumes his mother is dead and doesn't even bother looking for her/her body. He also just ignores the fact that at the end of the book Franklin Greenwood and the Knights are just gone. I mean shouldn't he be a little suspicious?
Overall I agree that this book was captivating to the very end and while most of it was wrapped up I wish that Will would have continued to search for his family in hopes of getting some closure.

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