Personally in the past two series my favorite has always been Jayfeather, and he will join Brambleclaw (♥!!) and of course Firestar as all-time favorite characters so I enjoyed the way everything ended and while we suspected this ending was coming for Firestar. Fans of the previous series will be pleased.

Past storylines for Firestar, Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight, Leafpool and many more re-emerged and were resolved. I really enjoyed how most loose ends from the previous series came into play. NO ONE is safe the elderly and the young die in battle just like the rest of the Warriors. :) As always battles in 'The Warriors' books are a gruesome affair. Once things start moving however: WOAH! The pacing is lightening speed and the shared narratives give the story even more intensity kinda like the jerky camera movements action film-makers are so keen on these days, only without making you nauseous. The Erins did indeed need to tie up some loose t up some events up for the final battle looming. I would have docked maybe half a star if the ending hadn't made up for it. I think it was mostly my expectations that the whole book would be one explossive installement. I was a bit surprised to find that 'The Last Hope' got off to an almost slow start. They must find the forth before light and dark meet in the final battle. It's up to the three of the prophecy Jayfeather (♥), Lionblaze and Dovewing, to find the fourth cat prophesised. Starclan is no longer of any help to the living, as they too fear the Dark Forest. The Dark Forest is rising, kept 'alive' by mere memory, they are training tirelessly to eventually cross over to the living world and face the four clans in battle. I think it's fair to say that the whole 'Omen of the Stars' series has been a set-up for this book.

I think so many readers overlook this series because they think it odd or even childish as I once did and I'm so glad I took a chance on The Warriors.what a ride!īut back to 'The Last Hope'. It's both simple and complex and it just tugs at the heartstrings. These cats are almost human.but much more primal. There's something so utterly raw about these books the emotions, the instincts. These books have more loss, grief, death and violence than most YA books out there, let alone children's books. Thinking these were children's books that would probably bore me eventually.boy was I wrong. I got into it skeptically wondering if even my love of cats wouldn't be enough to make a whole series of books with cat protagonists interesting. Words cannot describe how I have enjoyed this series as a whole. The Last Hope is the final installement in the final series of Warriors books (chronilogically since 'the Erins' have said they would write a sort of prequel or origins series eventually).

The Last Hope by Erin Hunter