Unlike the dragging pace of book two, this one keeps the momentum as the stakes get higher and higher! It kept me fully engaged.

Amari’s been brought down low as public enemy #1 with no magic, and Dylan Van Helsing is on the rampage. Despite being thirteen years old, the author effectively makes Dylan a scary final boss and the tension with wanting Amari to figure out how to take him down.

Much like My Hero Academia’s final arc, another series I enjoy, it just feels like the heroes are at an overwhelming deficit. I wanted Amari to be more evenly matched, but she’s always been the underdog. 

The safehouse Amari and her friends have to go for an extended period was really fun. We get a little more magical worldbuilding.

I was happy to finally get Amari and her brother teaming up and butting heads, Amari wants to help and Quinton understandably is concerned for her safety. I understood and felt for both of them, but I thought Quinton's presence was a little understated. Jayden's too who just feels like he's there to fill in the role of a crush; hope to see more of his character fleshed out. 

The Van Helsing siblings are tiresome. The friendship between Amari and Lara was very rushed in book two, and it still doesn’t feel earned here. I don’t believe these two are friends. Also, Amari was more torn up about this girl, her former bully, than her own mama

being memory-wiped

. I guess.

ANYWAY, I had a good time reading the third book. It wraps up many things here as the original finale to a trilogy, but more books are on the way. I’m excited to read them. Ending spoiler:

I’m so glad. Amari didn’t have to sacrifice herself. Because, no. And absolutely not.