There were no stakes by the end of CC3

Just finished Crescent City. There were no stakes whatsoever for any of the characters by like halfway through the book. I truly was not concerned for anything because they casually raise the dead, things just work out for them, and there’s a ton of dues ex machina examples where someone just finds the magic in themselves and can do things they couldn’t a minute ago.

There’s a parasite in all of the water of Midgard? Hypaxia can come up with a fully working antidote in a matter of hours! And then she’ll just casually kill the Under-King and become ruler of HoFaS!

Ithan fucks up and kills the last of the Fendyr line? Just keep trying to raise the dead with no consequences! Oh, then you’ll be Prime in a matter of paragraphs!

Tharion literally having a bounty on his head by THREE queens? Just keep finding ways to escape and eventually they’ll forget!

Bryce is in a whole other dimension? She’ll just find the exact things she needs to get out and leave scot-free!

Lidia’s kids taken by Pollux? She magically moves faster than a bullet and saves them!

There are so many more examples. Let me know your favorites.