Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is doing well. Today I’m going to be posting my review of the third novel in Michael Grant’s Monster trilogy, Hero.

You can read my review of book one: Monster
You can read my review of book two: Villain

Hero by: Michael Grant: The Rockborn Gang have been asked to take down yet another villain turned mutant by the Rockborn. This time, life, death and the battle for humanity lie in the balance. Now characters new and old have to come to try and save the world and find the true meaning of what it means to be a hero. This was a fast-paced novel and was definitely a step above the previous book. This novel felt like it had more grit and substance to it than the ones before it. The plot was good, it left the reader invested enough to want to keep going. Add in the fact that Grant brought back characters from the original Gone series to give them a sort of send-off, which was nice to see. The way this ended wasn’t exactly what the reader had envisioned. The opened-ended conclusion kinda made the spin-off feel like it was for nothing, like Grant brought back everyone just so the reader could imagine their own ending. The reader can see how that might make readers happy, but it just left more questions and made it feel like this world will never have a satisfying ending. There was a lot of action, which made it thrilling to read, and there were new characters for one last take down. The new characters were a good addition, and another way for Grant to tell the readers how diverse his cast was, which is great that they are, but the reader doesn’t need to be hit over the head with it. Overall, this spin-off trilogy was a bit of a bumpy ride and didn’t really feel like it gave true closure to the characters.