I really enjoyed the ending, I was happy that Abbey ended up being with Caspian and that Ben was able to get his chance to be with Kristen back :) Great book and great ending. I was so excited to get to Caspians death day, that was a great part. This series should be made into 3 movies, because they were so fantastic!

Aww, I hate that it's finally over! BOOO!

But super, super huge kudoos, Jessica Verday, for sticking to the ever so classy trilogy. In a world full of YA bullcrap series that milk every page they can with crappy wannabe prose, round about story lines, and dramarama, a well done trilogy is so appreciated I could scream.

And so, I will.

JESSICA VERDAY, I LOVE YOU!!!

I love love love love love this story. I'm a sucker for ghost stories, and Ms. Verday had me hooked from the first sentence from the first book, no joke. The setting fit for the most seducively unique and crisp mode that stood out from all the other paranormal books I'd read, and have ever come across. From Abbey's mental breakdowns, her perfume making, her loyal friendships, and, of course, her most delicious love shared with the swoonworthy Shade Caspian, Abbey is a fresh, interesting and decidedly human voice to follow that you can't help but rooting for.

Okay, so... now for the parts I wasn't so in love with. Although I've been in love with this story since the very beginning, this volume wasn't my favorite. I understand that each book needs to stand apart from each other, but this one seemed to have a different tone from the other two. Am I the only one that felt that? While "The Hollow" and "The Haunted" had more mysterious and dangerous untones to the, and gave the feeling of isolation to Abbey and Caspian, it seemed to lose that in "The Hidden," and almost adopted a new tone altogether. I missed it :(

One thing I really loved about "The Hollow," one thing I thought made it so unique was the way that Ms. Verday based the book on basically 3 main characters: Abbey, our narrator; Caspian, the mysterious Shade; and the cemetery. She turned the setting of Abbey's favorite place, her thinking place, the resting place of her dead best friend, the setting of so many of her memories as well as a hisortic part of the town, into practically a character of it's own. Otherwise, there were only a few a small minor characters, but they were either dead, ghosts, or small.

In "The Hidden," however, this changed. We were suddenly overloaded with characters, from friends at school, to the four Revenants, to the random people at the insane asylum... people were EVERYWHERE. For someone who lived such a small, isolated life (she only talked to dead people, if you recall) one year earlier, Abbey seemed to live a crazy social life all of a sudden. I was having social anxiety. For, you know. Abbey.

I liked the way story ended up wrapping up. The way it was written? Eh... sort of? I guess? I don't know how it could have been any better, I suppose... I think I would have liked a BAM! I WAS DEAD.... BAM! I WAS AWAKE.... and it was just me and Capsian... I don't know. Anyways, it was clever, very clever, how it ended up, but it happened so fast! There were so few pages left, and yet things hadn't wrapped up yet, and I was getting anxious, and then it all just happened, and I wanted the very last scene with Abbey and Caspian to last longer. Much longer.

But November 1st? Happy :) I thought he was going to sleep through it! Man, was I scared.

Overall, FANTASTIC series. Love love love love. One of my overall all time FAVORITES.

the first one was so good but it they just get progressively worse and worse

All I can think right now is what happens to her PARENTS. She had amazingly supportive parents and that's the real tragedy in this, I think. In a way, I actually really liked how Jessica Verday built their relationship up (even though I didn't realise Abbey's dad was in the picture at first) because I've never felt parent pity before and now it's hitting hard.

This entire series kept me enrapt from beginning to end. I am so glad I went with my gut and gave it the read. What a beautiful story that comes full circle in the end.

i only gave this a 3 because it's the conclusion to the trilogy, and i don't really think it matches the Awesomness of the first two. In addition, while the twist ending does make everything end up happily ever after, it literally pops out of nowhere, and leaves the reader rather unsatisfied. Now part of this may be because its been forever since i read the first two (5 months. i requested all three at the same time from the library, and it's taken this long for the third book to show up), and the story has faded a bit in my mind. but i think not. It really was a dissapointment.

But the bottom line is this: would i suggest the series to another reader? heck yes! The first two were good enough that i contemplated buying the series myself. now i'm pretty sure i won't (unless i become super rich), but sometime in the future I'll get them all from the library (together!) and read them again.

SECOND READ: i am just i- FUCK. the ending of this book is so good

FIRST READ: this book was so fucking beautiful. i couldn’t have asked for a better ending. i couldn’t have asked for better characters. i couldn’t have asked for a better romance (especially november 1st ;)). i wouldn’t change a single think about this book.

i’m literally crying right now, at this very moment, while writing this review. The Hidden is such a whirlwind of emotions.