online reviews of third book in a popular series (2022)

★★★★★ vague spoiler-free gushing --a major booktuber who received an ARC from the publisher (2022) ★★★★☆ careful wording of ways this entry was good but not perfect --a minor booktuber who received an ARC from the publisher and is afraid to rate it any lower (2022) ★★★☆☆ obligatory praise but unfavorably comparing it to the first two books and the standalone spinoff from 2021 everyone else forgot about --a fan (2023) ★★★★★ endless fountain of love concluding with a link to their book blog --PhD candidate reading genre fiction to turn their brain off (2023) ★☆☆☆☆ did this book burn their house down? --an ex-fan (2024) ★★☆☆☆ long disappointed rundown of everything they would've changed --currently rewriting this review as a fix fic (2024) ★★★★★ had a great time --older person whose adult child bought them the complete series for christmas (2025) ★★☆☆☆ confused by everything. has puzzled out some elements of the plot --did not notice they read the series out of order (2026)