The Harvest (The Heartland Trilogy #3) by Chuck Wendig

Blood will water the corn...

It’s been a year since the Saranyu flotilla fell from the sky, and life in the Heartland has changed. Gone are the Obligations and the Harvest Home festivals. In their place is a spate of dead towns, the former inhabitants forced into mechanical bodies to serve the Empyrean—and crush the Heartland.

When Cael awakens from a Blightborn sleep, miles away from the world he remembers, he sets out across the Heartland to gather his friends for one last mission. As the mechanicals, a war flotilla, and a pack of feral Empyrean girls begin to close in on the Heartland, there isn’t much time to make their next move. But if they can uncover a secret weapon in time, Cael and his friends might just find themselves with the power to save the world—or destroy it—resting in their hands.

I’d barely put down the second book before starting this one, I was so into the series. And it did not disappoint. I only wish there was a fourth book in the works. There’s certainly enough of a set-up in the third book to make that possible.

The characters just kept getting stronger, as they tackle yet another obstacle. Probably because they’re beginning to mature, so the book doesn’t read so much as a YA (not that I’m all that sure as to what that means.) Cael, especially, begins to see things not so much as how they will affect him but how they will affect others.

There’s a lot of action, with good and bad outcomes. But there’s characters to fall in love with, too. And such a great ending to a terrific series.




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48. The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy #1) by M.R. Carey
49. Different Seasons by Stephen King
50. In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
51. Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner
52. Jackdaw (Jackdaw #1) by K.J. Charles
53. Blightborn (Heartland #2) by Chuck Wendig
54. The Harvest (Heartland #3) by Chuck Wendig