I've waiting for this book for months, no a year ! I loved the first book, filled with love, actions and a great sense of presence from the world. The second book was great too, though I struggled abit because the narrative shifted from being mainly about Siyon's adventure to following more heavily on Zagiri and Anahid.

This is the case in this third book too, as was to be expected. If I like Anahid, or learned to love her throughout the second book (I liked her in book one but nothing more), Zagiri is still a character I struggle with. She is a great character, acting as she should for her personality, but I tend to get annoyed with very adolescent and revolutionnary's behavior when it has so much impulsiveness in it. Zagiri is filled with impulsivity. She wants to change things, struggle against the constraints of her society and acts rashly, with big consequences for people around her. It is believable, it is well done, but I can't love her. Her narrative arc was the strrongest in this book, I think, like book two was more about Anahid, while book one was mainly focused on Siyon.

To get back to out primary main character (who shares a few traits with Zagiri, let's face it) I still love him, though I was less enthralled this time. Maybe because the plot on his side is stagnating a bit, as he struggles with his powers and the weight bearing down on him. There are very nice moments with him, and he is the character I am the most invested in, if we forget about another character that doesn't have that much presence on page (but who is permeating the story in his own way). In fact, I would say Siyon's narrative is a bit like a farewell, tying up lose ends in his life as he tries to resolve the planes issues.

Plot wise, 'Rebel Blade' pursue the previous books' quick pace, with lagging moments with a few characters at times, but overall working correctly. The world is less present for me in this tome, maybe because we have less intervention from other planes and a bigger focus on the political rouages (a good thing, but not my thing). There aren't big explanations about how things work on the magic side, even if we have clues helping to piece it all together. I quite liked it, but it might annoy other people.
We have quite tense moments from the three point of views, nothing very surprising since the story prepares it well. I would have liked that the notesbooks and something they can do would have been exploited better, showing more on page, but it is only a little complain.

The ending is fitting as well, quite satisfying for me, especially the last few pages.

Overall, a good ending to a series with a strong start, where I would have liked to have more one characters even if the two other storylines were great too !