Books like Immortal War

When this series began I absolutely loved it. The concept was fresh and exciting and the story itself was great with intriguing characters and plot twists. But as the series went on, it became evident that Justin Somper has talent in writing but not in planning. The first few books were so brilliant that I could not help feeling extremely disappointed by the twists in the fifth book (so uncharacteristic of Grace) and, finally, this concluding book. Rant time: SPOILER WARNING!***This book featured ten-too-many-characters coming back from the dead because of poor planning abilities. There was a bit of this in the fifth book but it became so far-fetched and so common in the last book that it started to annoy me.The Cardinals are completely random and should have been mentioned or alluded to earlier in the series at least once. From the beginning I guessed who Obsidian Darke really was and it left no surprise. Also, I cannot help but think it is a stupid name.Continuing with the idea of stupid names, I can tolerate the name Hunter for the son of an evil vampire, but the name Evil is so absurd and so ridiculous that I could not take it. I mean, the woman (Lola) already was decapitated once and now that she is back she has to name her son Evil, as if it were not apparent enough that if she were to raise him he would be evil.And what ever happens to Evil? He is given to Grace and there seems to be no other conclusion to this problem.Another problem was that one too many characters were turned into vampires for my liking. I understand that is a novel largely about vampires, but there comes a point when it starts to sound like the fanfiction of a morbid teenage girl. The ending was not awful, but I felt that something else needed to happen with Connor. He did not get the girl, and he did not really get too much of a reward. He either needed to die (sadly enough) or receive something more, in my opinion. I also noticed odd traits added to characters throughout the novel, seemingly for more character development. For example, Somper took a strong, harsh, independent woman, Cheng Li, and forced upon her a puppy-like crush on Lorcan. It really did not do much for the book and the only thing it did for me was annoy me. Another random event squeezed in at the last minute was Darcy meeting and marrying her "Jetsam". I would have loved to see her marry someone more developed who had been with us over a longer span of time (or pages).The last cherry I must mention (because the fan-girl in me cannot let it go) is Lorcan getting his hair cut. All throughout the series he has been my favorite character and to see one of his trademarks go like that was upsetting to me. You might see this as a ridiculous statement, but I must argue: Enough people died already, so why not let the hair be?!Overall this series had so much potential and began so brilliantly, and because of this the last book was just disappointing as a conclusion to this original series. I do not regret the journey I took through the world Justin Somper created, but I do regret the ending. Save yourself the disappointment and imagine your own ending.