I love how I can count on Carriger for weird and delicious feel-good books -- this is no exception. Loved the conclusion to Phex's story (for now). I like how it unfolded and I love the ongoing found family pantheon theme. Just really satisfying. ( )

Series Info/Source: This is the third book in the Tinkered Stars series. I bought this on ebook for my Kindle.

Thoughts: This was a spectacular conclusion to this series. I absolutely loved the story and how everything tied up.

Phex, Missit and their pantheons are invited to Kagee's home planet to perform in a brand new dome. Kagee is incredibly upset about this since his home world is better known for war than anything else. Meanwhile Phex and Missit are still trying to hide their relationship from the Dyesi pantheon and Missit's pantheon is falling apart.

This book was much better than the second book in the series and may even be better than the first book in this series (which I absolutely loved!). I loved learning more about the Dyesi and their culture. I also loved getting to journey to Kagee's home world and learn more about Kagee as well. The story in this book is so well done. In addition to journeying to new worlds, we start to gain a better understanding about how godhood works and what it is actually doing to the followers of these pantheons.

Then of course there is the relationship between Phex and Missit and how it affects their pantheons. I felt like Phex and MIssit as a couple had better balance in this book than they did in the second book and I enjoyed the scenes between them.

This book practically reads itself, I could not put it down. It was fun, intriguing and, at times, incredibly heart-wrenching.

My Summary (5/5): Overall this whole series was such a creative concept that is fascinating and well done. This book was the cherry on the sundae. The characters throughout are complex and intriguing. I enjoyed the world (universe?) building here and really loved how all the elements came together to form a story that was well-balanced, well paced, and completely engrossing. I am planning to pick up "Crudrat" and "The 5th Gender" to read as well, I cannot get enough of this world and hope to see more books set in it. ( )

I loved the book. Nice ending to the story. I have to say, I'm not convinced of the morals of the story. It's phrased in a way that makes it sound acceptable, but I think the Divinity is deeply immoral, and the protagonists make a show of discussing the moral implications of what they do, but I think it is somewhat perfunctory. None of them seem to be losing any sleep over it.
And I still don't really like Missit. The book does a good job in explaining his background, but if he really believed at some point that Phex doesn't like him, he had no business asking him to sleep with him.
I still really enjoyed the book, though, even if I didn't agree with everything. The world building is great, and I love Phex's group. ( )