I started in this world with the first book in this trilogy, so there was a lot of background discussed throughout that I hadn’t read about directly. The history of the characters seemed increasingly convoluted, but I let that go. However, I started to see plot holes and they really bothered me. For example, I can accept that Zayne’s soul was transported to Heaven because he sacrificed himself in a way that earned him back his glory. BUT why didn’t it occur to ANYONE that maybe Zayne’s soul was trapped back at the school because of the angelic ward that was trapping all ghosts and spirits that got anywhere near it?Then there’s the issue of whether or not a true born can have children. *shudder* This one is like nails on a chalkboard for me. There are so many points of ick….1) Gideon. He’s researching multiple important issues. He’s so caught up in these important research projects that he doesn’t even think to ask why Dez wants to know about true born babies. Ok, sure. I could buy that. IF he immediately supplied a quick answer and moved on. But he stopped for HOURS to look into it and never asked any questions?!…2) Hey, Trinity! Remember the little clairvoyant boy with the angel eyes? Grandson of a Throne? You had an interesting chat with him. Keyword there is “grandson”, so one of his parents had to be a true born. Duh!…3) And this is the one that drives me bonkers. When Gideon first met Trinity and found out she could see ghosts and spirits, he got really excited because (paraphrasing) “that means you have an angel somewhere on your family tree.” Established lore in this world is that only people with angelic blood can see/communicate with ghosts/spirits. How do you get angelic blood when, according to Grim, no true born has ever given birth? I posed this question to my husband and he said, “Transfusion?”I’m 75% of the way through this book, which is something like 92% of the way through the trilogy, but I don’t think I can make myself keep reading it for another 200 pages. She’s wasting my time. I don’t need to rehash the same information over and over again to make sure everyone is up to speed. And she keeps delaying the action.Trinity agreed that her life was forfeit if they couldn’t stop Gabriel before the specific date when he intends to open the portal. Lucifer agreed to help stop Gabriel, but he can always just kill Trinity; problem solved. So, he decided to spend his time ushering in the End Times, which means the team is trying to stop Lucifer instead of Gabriel. Why did they enlist Lucifer’s “help” again? Can you go over that for me one more time, Roth? Layla? I’m unclear on your thought process. And Grim is acting like they summoned Lucifer when it was more like they begged him to come help. If he could walk out of Hell anytime he wanted, why are they responsible? I hate this plot so much! Lucifer doesn’t need to be in this story at all! He’s just a worthless plot device to ramp up tension and stretch out the page count. They are already fighting an archangel! They don’t need to fight two!I’m done.
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