Ember's End by S.D Smith

Looking through my ebook library, I saw one series that I had started but have yet to finish. When I first got my Fire Tablet, I looked through the free-to-read books, and this series caught my eye. Although a children's series, it provided me with adequate stimulation before heading to bed. I'm not a fan of rabbits. I prefer their predators, birds (which are the villains in this story), but the protagonist won me over, and so did the plot. Mainly, the idea of rabbits with swords was entertaining enough.

Being a year or two since I read any book in the series, all the names that kept coming up were confusing. I at least remembered the main characters, so there's that! I did, however, remember most of the plot. I accidentally skipped to the end of the book and read a page or two thinking I clicked on a previous book in the series, so I did spoil the ending to myself.

Seeing as this is a book aimed at children, I was expecting a happy ending. The characters were divided into two groups after being separated in the last book. I was interested in seeing how Heather and Smalls would reunite with the rest of the army. So far, we've only had rabbits, birds, and wolves in the mix, but this book added another animal into the mix: dragons. But no, they're not the dragons you're thinking of. The image in the book makes me believe that they're komodo dragons, but I could be wrong.

I always knew those two would end up together, so the romance added in the story was no surprise. Thankfully, it wasn't annoying or too in your face as other romance novels are. However, in the cave, Heather and Smalls were not alone. This is where the dragons make their first and only appearance. Long story short, while there was only supposed to be one dragon watching over the eggs, they soon grew impatient and were getting ready to run wild. Smith had me worried when he basically set Heather and Smalls up for dead by sacrificing themselves for the greater good, but I didn't lose hope.

The main concern I had was how the author would end the series. The plot reached its final climax, and there was little to no hope of our protagonists making it out in one piece. And most didn't. I was happy to see that Kyle stopped being such a dope, and he and his brother joined the fight with Emma. We also get a nice look at the future of Natalia and our characters at the end.

Overall, I thought this was an excellent conclusion to The Green Ember series. My only problem was that it might be too good since the rabbits talked about curing all disease and might have even found a way to negate death with their miracle flower. But for a children's book? It couldn't have ended any better.

Ember's End by S.D. Smith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars