The Whispering Night (The Luminaries, #3)
Susan Dennard
The forest is more dangerous than ever in this highly-anticipated, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy conclusion to the bestselling Luminaries trilogy. Winnie Wednesday’s future is looking bright. Hemlock Falls is no longer hunting the werewolf, she and Erica Thursday are tentative friends, and Winnie finally knows exactly where she stands with Jay Friday. With everything finally on track, Winnie is looking forward to the Nightmare Masquerade, a week-long celebration of all things Luminary. But as Luminaries from across the world flock to the small town, uninvited guests also arrive. Winnie is confronted by a masked Diana and charged with an impossible task—one that threatens everything and everyone Winnie loves. As Winnie fights to stop new enemies before time runs out, old mysteries won't stop intruding. Her missing father is somehow entangled with her search for hidden witches, and as Winnie digs deeper into the long-standing war between the Luminaries and the Dianas, she discovers rifts within her own family she never could have imagined. What does loyalty mean when family and enemies look the same?
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This was an absolutely outstanding conclusion to this series. There's one thing about Sooz' books that I've come to understand. In the beginning, I'm always going to think it's predictable. There's always going to be some plot twist that I give a little side eye to and be like "yeah, we all clocked that several chapters ago." but that's never actually the plot twist for us. For the characters, yes. But there's always something buried much deeper in the plot that is the real mystery we're all trying to solve. This trilogy was no exception. There's something going on in the first book that we all guessed at that Winnie didn't learn until the second book. But when it comes down to it, this last book had so many mysteries being wrapped up from previous books and it was just done so well.
There's a chapter in this book, well a sub-part to a chapter (I believe it's 41 but I'm writing this review at work and don't have my book on me) and it was so heartbreaking and painful and yet somehow hopeful at the same time? We get a flashback and learn about something that we've been wondering about since book 1 and when I tell you I was in literal racking sobs... it was one of the hardest things I've read this year.
I loved seeing how everything in the Luminaries world wrapped up in this book. I love how friendship and trust played such an important role in the finale. So much good about this book. So much to love about the way Sooz writes. She continues to be the queen.
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