Spoilers!

Blahhhh, that ending! That last sentence! This series is captivating!

A new puzzle has been added to the quest: A trio of three sleepers—one to wake, one to not wake, and one in between. On top of this, Blue’s mother Maura is missing and Persephone, one of the central trio of 300 Fox Way, dies, revealing a raw realness that death is more powerful than magic.

Adam and Ronan’s sexual tension intensifies and we find more dreamer tricks up Ronan’s sleeve, like trying to permanently awaken the sleeping beasts of his dead father. Adam predicts that he is the “in between” sleeper and is now awake after the cave of skeletons.

We find out that Glendower is also Artemus—Blue’s father—and both him and Maura are saved at the end by Blue and Mr. Grey. The last scene shows Piper, Greenmantle’s wife, and Neeve opening the third sleeper’s grave.

While we get even more character development from our Fab Four, Stiefvater flushes out the character of Greenmantle (Mr. Grey’s former boss) and presents Jesse Dietley—both adding humor to the fantastical quest.