In this epic conclusion to The Devouring Gray, Justin and May Hawthorne, Violet Saunders, Isaac Sullivan and Harper Carlise have to put all their differences aside to team together to figure out what is happening to their town Four Paths as corruption from The Gray begins to seep from the forest and into the town; affecting the ordinary people.

This was a great sequel to The Devouring Gray, and I loved being back in Four Paths and reunited with the five teenage protagonists. A lot of the teenage drama that was present in the first book isn't quite there in the second as literal life or death moments become more important to worry about. But that doesn't mean we don't get some delicious teen angst and crushes in all the best ways.

I really liked getting a lot more into the minds of May and Isaac in this book as I felt The Devouring Gray mostly focused on Violet, Harper and Justin. May was always an interesting character, as she was always on the outside of the older four and I enjoyed learning more about her and relationship with her brother and her parents. Isaac, I just love, as he is the type of tortured male protagonist that always makes me feel weak - he's dark and sensitive yet gruff and protective and I just loved him, and there were a lot of times in this book I wanted to give him a big hug!

The last few chapters in this book were really good, and gripping and the pace of the action was done really well. There were some fantastically described scenes (Isaac with his destructive power consuming him like fire, Violet and her swarm of trees - plus Orpheus - and Harper and her stone animals).

The epilogue was nice and basic in a way that after such a trippy, wild version of events it had to be but the last bit with May left enough intrigue to really imagine what would be next for everyone.