Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Carried the theme, but would rather not have read

For me, this was the worst book of the series. Though you cannot skip it if you are hooked, I don't know why the author did not just add the important pieces to books 2 and 4 and skipped the third book. I felt it meandered along and that the characters became too muddled.As another reviewer indicated, having the character Noah/Caela/Cornelia fall in love with someone who has mistreated her for centuries is a bit of a stretch. The author's storytelling is complex, but after 2 books of extreme behavior by characters, it is a tough sell to get us to forgive all. I moved on to the 4th book only because I was committed and wanted a conclusion, not because of a great love for these role-changing characters.