Can I give more than 5 stars? I loved this one sooooooo much!

This was the perfect conclusion to an epic trilogy. Each book has totally blown me away, and this one was no different! I got started a little late, due to some issues I had with downloading the e-galley, but once I did, I was hooked. It started off with some of the familiar memos between people that we've seen throughout the other books. And then we were pretty much where book 2 left off, Ten and Killian choosing to pledge their lives to each other, to form a bond that would hopefully be the first step towards peace between Myriad and Troika.

If you've followed my reviews of the two books so far, especially the 2nd one, you'll know that I adored Killian, and the beginning with him and Ten had me right back in love. Until they bond and everything changes. Killian and Ten are affected immediately. Ten now has to deal with the shadows that come through their bond, the shadows that threaten her light and her Troikian way of thinking and doing. But really Killian is the one who gets the short end of the deal. He doesn't remember anything about their relationship. In fact, the first thing he wants to do right after is kill her. His memories are gone, at least all that pertain to falling in love with Ten and their plan to save both of their worlds.

So, while they must fight now against their own sides who are either not happy with the bond, or want to use it to destroy the other realm, what I loved best about the story is that we get to see Killian fall in love with Ten all over again. Seeing him work through his hatred for all things Troikian, as well as overcoming the many, many betrayals he's suffered throughout his First and Second Lives. Finding that love overcomes all, that's something Killian must discover and accept, and something that Ten must fight to continue to believe, even over all of the shadows that overtake her, and the bad things that happen to her.

I want so badly to write a beautiful review for this beautiful book. But alas, I didn't finish reading until about 3 am this morning, and my review needed to be posted before noon today. Without getting too spoilery, I will say that the way things worked out, the solution to it all, reminded me quite a bit of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, which was a book I loved and read over and over when I was a kid.

Oh, not only did I love Killian, as expected, but Biscuit! And Beast! You'll have to read to find out who they are. And then, we get back a beloved character from before that we thought was gone, and that was so wonderful as well. I enjoyed all of Ten's numbers and her poems as usual. One other fun fact, is that Ten mentions a quote from one of my other favorite series, The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole. I really just fangirl myself when it seems an author is giving shout outs to other authors and their awesome books. Also, we get a tour of Myriad in this book, making me realize we didn't ever know exactly what it was like, and wow, it was so bizarre!

I guess to wrap this all up, if you haven't started this series, go get it now! If you are ready for this book, get your hands on it as soon as you can, to find out how things will go down, and immerse yourself in the beautiful worlds Showalter has created.