Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz (Review #55)

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS FAR IN THE BLUE BLOODS SERIES, STOP NOW. DO NOT READ. THIS IS BOOK #7

"Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael - Jack and Mimi Force, as they are known in the coven.

Or so he thinks. Even as Lucifer assigns Jack and Mimi the tasks of killing their true loves, the Force twins secretly vow to defeat the Dark Prince once and for all. But how far will Mimi and Jack go to conceal their true loyalties?

Meanwhile, former vampire Bliss Llewellyn has joined forces with Lawson, the greatest wolf of the underworld, to free his people from their imprisonment in Hell. As they struggle against impossible odds, an ancient message, woven into the very fabric of time, reveals just how much depends on the success of their mission.

Lucifer seeks the key to the Gate of Promise, and when Schuyler is taken captive and delivered straight to Hell, she must make an unthinkable choice - the same one the archangel Michael was forced to make during the Crisis in Rome. Will Schuyler find the strength to do what he could not?"

Review:

So I've been reading this series since the beginning and now, it's kind of cliche. In fact, there's no "kind of"; it is a huge vampire cliche. The story's ending was so predictable, I was really disappointed. The whole story could have been written way better and the author could have made it her own, but it was too typical for me. You've read this far into the series so you deserve a conclusion, but if I were to recommend this single book, it would be a big no. Nevertheless, I must view this book as the last chapter, and you don't read an entire book and then skip the last chapter; it's absurd! so for that reason only, I say, read it for peace of mind.

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