This series had me enraptured and the conclusion to the initial trilogy was wonderful. The world building of Peculiardom expanding to Victorian England, with the unsettling atmosphere of the backwater slums of Devil’s Acre was really encapsulating of the unsettling undertone to the books and as were most of the peculiar charcters introduced. The pseudo-political worldbuilding surrounding the drug ambrosia was also really interesting, though I didn’t love the stereotypical final setting of the foreboding wight fortress, especially in the way it didn’t fit the setting, but also in this manner meets the conventions of Young Adult fiction and can be expected/forgiven. 

In line with the ominous setting, I also loved the introduction of Sharon and his mystery and attitude; even if his peculiarity is a little underwhelming. The third book seems to open up the possible worldbuilding so much more that I will be glad to dive into, but at the same time the conclusion, negating Riggs’ usual high-tension cliffhangers, felt very closed off and full of conveniences and with little place else to go.