Keeper of the Lost Cities Book 6: Nightfall by Shannon Messenger

Summary from Goodreads:

Sophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeated.

The Neverseen have had their victories—but the battle is far from over. It’s time to change tactics. Make sacrifices. Reexamine everything. Maybe even time for Sophie to trust her enemies.

All paths lead to Nightfall—an ominous door to an even more ominous place—and Sophie and her friends strike a dangerous bargain to get there. But nothing can prepare them for what they discover. The problems they’re facing stretch deep into their history. And with time running out, and mistakes catching up with them, Sophie and her allies must join forces in ways they never have before.

Review:

I regret nothing, starting this book in the middle of the night…I loved getting more information about Sophie’s human family! And I also loved that the action started immediately. There was no tedious waiting for the ball to drop. The kids went right away into a fight with the ogre king. It was like the author was asking me, “You think you should be sleeping? Think again, my friend.” Everything that happened in the beginning was just so goood.

There was not a good place to put this down until the middle when Sophie was mad at Keefe, and I guess the real reason I didn’t love this book as much as the one before it is that there’s a whole week where Keefe was out of commission! And do you have any idea how much happens in one week for these characters? Only a million near death experiences and side missions. Granted, Keefe had to recover from some serious injuries. But, I hated that Sophie was kind of upset with him and not checking in so much…UGH. I hate Fitz. There was too much focus on Fitz in this week.

I have to say that a week with out Keefe’s snark, is a very serious, dramatic week with nowhere near enough jokes, pranks, or laughs. And all of the other characters are way too serious! This book would probably have gotten a much higher rating without this Keefeless week. He is there for the important stuff at the end. And when I say important stuff, I mean look at the cover of the book, and think about the entire city of Atlantis being flooded, and these 3 kids needing to stop it, important. Also, I don’t think Linh ever gets enough credit. She is insanely awesome. And so many people would have died if not for her.

This book of course also had another cliffhanger, but it wasn’t so bad that I had to immediately open book 7…I was actually able to open another book before starting book 7, so yay! I of course am writing this after finishing book 7, so I can’t really talk much. All in all, I give this one an 8/10.