The end of this series has been a really long time coming. I'm part of the crowd that fully believes that the middle of this series was just filler bullpoopie. But I stuck around because I loved the beginning of the series, I loved the characters, and on a much more personal note because I used to read this series with a friend of mine who passed away and every time I pick up one of these books it's an instant reminder of our chats about our favorite characters and what we thought would happen next.

This was an amazing end to this series. Probably the best written and thought out book since around book 5 or 6. Everything that I wanted the answers to, I received. Everything I hoped would happen, pretty much happened. But the answers weren't exactly as I thought they would be and things didn't happen the way I had expected.

Honestly this book read more like a horror novel than a YA novel. The things that Neferet did are outstandingly mind blowing. I knew she was evil and bat shit crazy, but I hadn't expected her to be THAT evil and bat shit crazy. I just don't understand how the rest of the Vampyre world was able to ignore her and leave some teenagers to figure it out, but I digress.

There was FINALLY character progression. Things changed in everyone and even Z noticed this change and mentioned it to herself while in thought. That in itself was quite a beautiful thing and a long time coming. I'm still kind of reeling from the end and how everything came to be. It's a lot to process. There's always a lot to process at the end of a series but this is one of a very few that I've read since the beginning and have waited years to see how it ends. Usually I'm years behind the bandwagon and I'll read an entire series in a week or two. It's completely different when you're trying to piece together a puzzle from memories from years and years ago.

I may come back to this review as time goes on and add to it. Right now I'm still kind of melding with it in my mind. I definitely think that if you've been reading this series and you've stuck around this long it is worth picking up and reading the end. After I finished the book I sat for about 20 minutes on my couch with just tears rolling down my face. I know I have more of an emotional attachment to this series than I have others but I always hate the end of a series, it's like you're leaving friends that you'll never see again.

Maybe that makes me crazy, that I get all emotionally attached to someone's made up characters, but I'm totally okay with that. I fully believe that every book you read becomes a part of who you are. The written word can change you just as much as things that happen in real life. All I know for certain is that there will always be a part of me that is a member of the Nerd Herd, that longs to hear (or read) Aphrodite saying "The Herd of Nerds rides again,".

This is one of the most Amazing Series I have ever read!! It has intrigue, laughter, sadness, and friendship. I feel in love with the characters, especially Zoey and Stark. So, if you haven't read it, give it a try, you'll be surprised.