These books are fast moving adventures full of pop-culture references. They do have some character to them, too, plus neat explorations of a lot of the implications coming from the magic in the setting. This one skips forward past a lot of backstory since the previous novel, which I found interesting. These books would make a good roleplaying game setting.

me ha encantado el final de esta saga y todos los libros que mencionan!!

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Magic (including libriomancy) has been revealed to the world... and not everyone's happy about it. As Isaac deals with politics, terrorist attacks of inhumans on magic-opponents seems to indicate that war is inevitable, but perhaps things aren't as clear as they seem...
After the previous three books, this one took an entirely new direction, but that just made it fresh, interesting, and still exciting. The plot barrels along quickly, there's action aplenty and it's a great read from start to finish.

3.5 stars

A really good continuation (end?) to the series - it retains a lot of what makes the previous charming, while introducing new and relevant problems for Isaac and the gang to deal with. I felt like the ending fizzled a little, it didn't have quite the punch I was hoping for, but it wasn't bad, and it wrapped things up pretty nicely. Would definitely still recommend!

Very satisfying write up of what happens after you reveal magic.

Definitely the best and strongest book in this series! Which is definitely an accomplishment, as this series was wonderful and one of the most enjoyable series I've ever read!

The book is extremely relevant to a lot of today's issues. The magical beings in the book have various parallels to real world issues, from immigration to corrupt governments to homophobia to racism and the brutal killings of black men by cops. Underneath it all is themes of mob mentality, fear of the unknown, and people in power manipulating people using the previous two. It's superbly crafted and even more diverse than the previous books, which were already extremely diverse.

I only have one complaint, and that's the handling of the trans character. I'm glad there's finally a trans character, but the way he was introduced involved dead naming in the dialog followed by dead naming and misgendering in a few paragraphs of backstory. After the initial introduction, though, I felt that the character was done well.

But yeah, that's my only complaint. Overall, this is an amazing book, and a strong finale to the series. I do hope to see more in this series because I love the characters and the world, but I also wouldn't be disappointed if this was the true end because it was a really good place to leave the story at.

3 stars. maybe closer to 4, but it was emotionally a challenging read for me. all the evil and prejudices of the world played out against a group of people who are different because they can use magic. abusing them, studying/testing them, weaponizing them. though the protagonist and his friends set about saving them, its still hurtful to my sensitive heart to read even imaginary atrocities. i enjoyed the previous books more than this one because of those atrocities.

one thing that bugged me, this series repeatedly says serious permanent damage would be done to both the books and the libriomancers with overuse, but this had a whole lot of overuse of both without a whole lot of that damage.

"an afternoon testifying before a pack of washington politicians ... i understand now why a group of vultures is called a committee."

"how do i know i can trust you?"
"trust is a choice. actually, trust is more of a desperate hopeful guess based on limited information."

"be careful out there, eh?"
"not really part of my skillset, but i'll do my best."

"didnt you say that book connects doorways that are similar in nature?"
i nodded.
"and you teleported us from a prison into a high school?" {this made me laugh - to me thats what high school was}

"you dont do what's right because you know it will work out. you do it because you know it's right."

"people are dying because of what i did."
"other people will live because of your choice."
"what am i supposed to do, add up both columns to decide whether or not i made the right choice?"
"there is no right choice. you chose. your job now is to make the most of that choice."

A great ending to a great series. I hope the author returns to this world someday.