My feelings are still SUPER fresh, but those last 10 chapters were a whirlwind. This series is definitely a slow/medium pace that I know I wouldn’t be able to sit and read, but the audiobooks are wonderfully done. Once more, Viola shows up as a total badass, and, as much as I love Todd, he listens to his emotions far too much. I think if he would just pull the trigger once in awhile (literally and figuratively) so many problems could be avoided or solved so much quicker. However, I totally get the message his lack of doing so is meant to portray. Like with the first book, Ness’s writing pulled me in in a way that had me questioning so many things that I couldn’t stop until I got to the end and had no choice. I wish I knew more about this world though, I think the story is far more character and plot focused than it is on world building. I wish I understood more about the Spackle but with the way book two ended I’m hopeful to get some answers in the final installment). All in all this book is a fantastic portal of how there isn’t one side in a war that is 100% good or bad; each side has awful, power hungry people on it. Mayor Prentiss is one of the best bad guys I’ve ever read; incredibly manipulative and powerful in ways that don’t use physical force. The man scares me. And the development for some other characters I shall not name, was outstanding and heartbreaking. 

P.S. nobody talk to me about chapter 42.