Catacomb (Asylum, 3)

After reading the first two books in the series, and liking them, I had to read this one of course. And if that's where you are at, I would recommend doing so - its not a bad book. However, I feel it definitely falls short of reaching the level of the two predecessors. For one, the plot is just not as compelling. The book draws long from the get go and its harder to stay with it. The character development is lacking as well - while we do get to know Dan better, which is good, and there are a few new characters such as Oliver that add some flavor, others are just background like Steve in example. And the previous two main characters, Jordan and Abby, just fall way behind. Especially Jordan gets totally pushed aside. There's no further development of the friendship side and neither of the budding romance between Dan and Abby. Abby has this weird quest to do a photo essay which seems nothing more than an excuse to bring in some of the vintage photos so its a bit more like Miss Peregrine.

Totally awesome book and a great way to end the trilogy. It was awesome seeing a insight into Dan's history and seeing where he came fromI wish Dan's physics abilities would have been mentioned and explained more. And maybe more stuff about the warden and his work I felt like that topic wasn't mentioned, and it felt weird reading about something other than his reign. I mean 2 books on him and the third was on a completely different topic and conspiracy .I felt like another book on the warden and another on the Bone Stealers or whatever would be gold

I couldn't put this down. I will say it helped reading the novellas first. They were a great way to put the pieces together and not have as many questions at the end. Quick easy reads that you want to hurry and know what happens but are sad when the story ends. I would've liked a little more details about how both families are tied together. There's not much from Nurse Ash to Evie other than nurse Ash worked under Warden Crawford. There really wasn't a whole lot of the relation of Marcus to the warden details either. I think a middle story of the generation in the middle of those stories that lead from the wardens Era to Dan's would be even better. More history and depth and puzzle pieces. Like how did Evie and Marcus both linked to the warden ended up together. And surprisingly how Finnoway didn't know about the two families since he should've known their history. But somehow only knew of the Ash family. Which like I said, was already linked to the warden as well. I loved the creep factor of this series though. It was a great story.

This series was amazing!! I would definitely recommend this series to anyone in look for a great thriller. These books "keep you on your toes" , they are a YA genius! I got into Asylum because of a student that brought then to school. And having the love of reading that I have, I investigated and they were actually a 7 book series, so obsessive little me couldn't stay reading until I had them all. And I have absolutely NO regrets because each and everyone of these books I've raced through them (whenever RL doesn't interfere) and would've hated to wait for the next one.

Dan, Abby & Jordan are headed to New Orleans to drop Jordan off with his uncle. It's a cross-country road trip as kind of "their last hurrah" before they all go to college. Of course, Dan is still trying to figure out his past and he is plagued by spooky messages. They are also being followed, and someone is photographing them...So, I think this is the final book in the Asylum trilogy (not counting all the novellas from the same world). I read the first two books a while ago and I don't remember many details from them. I glanced at my reviews and that helped a bit. I loved the first two, but this one was a bit disappointing - I didn't get the creepiness. It does wrap up a few mysteries about Dan's past.I don't know what else to say, I guess this one was just meh.

*SPOLIER ALERT*I was unsure if this series could get any better but I was wrong as soon as I read this book. Everything in the first three books leading up to this book were intriguing but this one in particular I devoured. I am a little sadden to see there isn't another connected book that follows this same story line, especially because we get to meet Dan's real mother and the book basically ends with her saying she will see him again soon. I am excited to read the prequel book and the novellas though!

I read this series in just two short weeks and immediately was hooked. Though after finishing the last book I couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed. It didn't feel entirely wrapped up and there was potential for a little more closure for sure. I chose to give a 4/5 because of this.

Love this series, I am in my 20s and read through them really fast but they were super compelling and kept me wanting to read more!

Madeleine Roux has a writing style that i love, the story line draws you in and at the end of each chapter there is a hook that pulls you into the next chapter, i found it very difficult to stick to I'll just read one or two chapters because i couldn't wait until the next day to find out what happens.I'm going to move on to the Asylum novellas and The Warden is already pulling me in to read it.Well done Madeleine you have a new fan.

I have been hooked on these books and the adventure Dan , Abby and Jordan have gotten into as well as troubleHighly recommend , I have it on audible too

just as good as the first

Daughter love these books, came quickly and efficiently

Spooky read