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This collaboration between Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is hilarious. The scenes are full of witty dialogue, hilarious footnotes, and thought provoking concepts. This is a dense book full of double meanings and word plays. The authors allowed me to think about how the rapture could go down, and in a manner that is not the traditional point of view. They get the reader to think about how good is not always to white, nor is evil so black. Sometimes good and evil are more grey.

This story about how one mistake can change the course of the world forever was very clever. I enjoyed reading this story, but did have a hard time accessing the footnotes in the kindle version. It took me until about third of the way through the book before I was able to figure out how to access them. If you plan to read this book, I would highly recommend reading a paper or hardback version.

Alix Nichols wove an intense tale about love and being there for your significant other no matter what happens. I laughed, cried and cheered on Raphael throughout the story. Raphael is so amazing that he would stand beside Mia even after he learned about her past mistake and being so forgiving when she shoved him out of her life. I found the way that these two meet to be so fun. I loved their Christmas costumes for the part. The one thing that bothered me was that we got less of Raphael’s side of the story. In the previous book in the trilogy we got both sides of the story, and I was hoping for more of that in this story. This story went through so many emotions for me and I just couldn’t help to fall in love with Raphael. I think this was the best story in the trilogy.

Shadows and Surrender was an intense roller coaster ride. Ash learns many new things about being a Jezebel, her past, and her relationships. This story pushes Ash to reflect on the past and future. Why the Jezebels are fighting Chariot is also revealed in this book.

Deborah Wilde is masterful in how she develops her characters and their interactions with each other. This is part of why I can’t put this series down! Ash’s relationship with Levi is a complicated sexy mess. Their attraction for each other is so intense, but their past keeps getting in their way of becoming anything more than friends with occasional benefits. I am so excited to see what happens with them in the next book. I loved getting to learn more about the other characters in this story like Miles and Raphael. I’m addicted to this series! The story and characters are more amazing with every new book.

This book just proved to me why Keri Arthur is one of my favorite authors. The little details really helped to build a unique world. The way the book is written the knowledge characters have of the past comes out in certain moments and leaves you wanting to know more or what else characters know. I can’t wait to learn more about Sam’s past and her abilities in the next books. The intrigue between the two factions and all the characters was well written and so complicated. The plot twists kept me on my toes the whole story and there are so many mysteries left waiting to be solved in this series. I’m loving everything about the Spook Squad and am so excited for the next books!

Barabra Davis created an intriguing world with diverse characters that I keep myself from devouring so that I could savor it. I found the way that clues about what happened to the Gilman girls were revealed to be perfectly paced. I was a bit surprised by the twist at the end. What happened was not exactly who, why, or what I thought.

I couldn’t get enough of Evvie and Andrew. They were such fun characters to help Lizzie grow over the course of the book. The book of remembrances that Althea left Lizzie was so emotional and full of wisdom. I enjoyed how each passage from the book meshed perfectly what Lizzie was going through at the time. Andrew was such a swoony hero!

The biggest problem that I had was that the Moon’s have these special talents, but none of their talents really helped them. I was really expecting Lizzie to use her talent when she was interviewing people in town or that it would help alert her when she was in danger. It could have been a more useful talent and played a bigger part in the story.

Overall, this story pulled me in from the beginning and I would have devoured it, if I hadn’t been reading it with my book club group