Although the novel is an enjoyable read, and it is nice to see the three Doctors interacting, the plot here is extremely convoluted and is not a very satisfactory end to the Time Lord Victorious story arc.

All this had been building towards the Tenth Doctor changing the future and challenging death because of his misplaced ego, and the first novel was very effective in continuing that narrative. The main plot point was that killing the Kotturuh would change reality as we know it, granting infinite lifespans to races who should have died - but then, the Kotturuh all die.... and nothing happens? And then there is a last Kotturuh, whose death might open the gates of death... but it doesn't? 10 vaguely says sorry and everyone goes home? What was the point, really? The doctors team up to defeat the Daleks, but the act of actually committing genocide on the Kotturuh has absolutely no consequences. The cliffhanger of the previous novel is rendered null.

I did enjoy the Ninth and Tenth Doctor seeing Gallifrey one last time, and all the schemings of the Daleks - which somewhat make sense, although why they would ever accept this Vampire/Dalek hybrid I'm not sure.

I'll keep on listening to and reading the last few TLV stories, but this is clearly meant as the big conclusion, and it does not make the myriad stories before it feel earned of worthwhile.

P.S.: there being no common characters between Monstrous Beauty and this novel is a shame; the fact that Rose is written off as recovering on a far-off planet is a cop-out; the Eighth Doctor being written and described as his movie incarnation but depicted on the cover(s) as his NotD incarnation is very strange; the Kotturuh barely mattering in the end is also very strange... All in all, although I understand the will to have every story stand on its own, what happens when you read and listen to them all is that nothing fully makes sense and plot ploints/side characters are dropped left and right.