Book Review: Promised

Yep, read the third one immediately after the second. It was just so good!

Promised

Caragh M. O'Brien

Gaia is now the Matrarc of Sylum. Leon is with her, and together they lead the 1,800 citizens of Sylum back to Enclave to overthrow the Protectorate and provide freedom for all.  When the group gets there, however, it's not so easy.

Gaia's friends are now her enemies, there is a blood bank to try to save the citizens from dying of hemophilia, and the worst--a Baby Factory, where surrogate mothers are forced to carry babies for the rich.

Gaia's small force must band together, along with allies inside the walls to bring down the dystopian government.

This is the last book of the Birthmarked Trilogy.  I actually liked the second story more, because there is more substance.  This last story is more fighting, and Gaia being betrayed by one person, then trusting another only to be betrayed by them, too.  It's a little redundant, but there are some redeeming qualities.

The reader finds out a LOT more about Leon--where he came from, how he was raised, and how much Gaia can truly trust him.  The love story is on simmer in this book, in comparison to the love square in the second story.

I think the reader will see a lot of confusion in Gaia as she tries to lead a new group of people and attempts to do the right thing--take over Enclave without any deaths.

I think that this story is pertinent to the trilogy, and in order to get the whole Birthmarked experience, you need to finish this one!