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I wasn't ready to say goodbye to this world, and after finishing Infinite Shores, I'm still not sure I'm ready to let these characters go.

After loving Curious Tides and Stranger Skies, I went into this final book with very high expectations, and Pascale Lacelle gave me exactly the emotional, magical, and completely chaotic conclusion I was hoping for. There is so much happening in this book—gods, dangerous magic, impossible choices, shifting worlds, time itself being messed with, and characters willing to risk everything for the people they love.

What I have loved most about this trilogy is how completely original the world feels. The magic is complicated, the mythology is huge, and yes, there were definitely moments when my brain was working overtime trying to keep up with everything happening. But somehow, that is also part of what made this series so much fun for me. I never knew where the story was going next.

The characters were the heart of this final book for me. Emory, Baz, Romie, Kai, and the others have been through so much since Curious Tides, and seeing how far they have come made this ending hit even harder. Their friendships, loyalties, mistakes, sacrifices, and determination to fight against the fate that has supposedly already been written for them kept me completely invested.

And can we talk about the gods? Because apparently this series decided regular magical chaos wasn't enough. We needed mercurial gods, vengeful deities, corrupted magic, crumbling worlds, and enough questionable decisions to keep this chaotic fantasy reader very happy.

Infinite Shores is a big, ambitious finale that doesn't take the easy way out. It is emotional, bittersweet, sometimes heartbreaking, and filled with the kind of beautiful, strange magic that made me fall in love with this trilogy in the first place.

I may have reached the final shore, but I don't think I'll be forgetting this world anytime soon.