Patient Name: Pragya Maresh BardStatus: DEADCause of death: Unknown; possible sources: V.E. SchwabSymptoms: Screaming; thrashing; crying profusely; repeatedly muttering lila bard Diagnosis: WHAT THE FUCK I AM DEAD HOLY SHITSANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT SANCT WARNING: SPOILERS AHEADDelilah Bard:He said she was mad and stubborn and no use to us dead - an accurate summary of lila bard by tieren, head priest and knower of thingsYou think this is a bad idea, he said. It wasnt a question. But it sparked something in Lila, rekindled the fire in her eyes and ignited a grin. Without a doubt.Then why are you smiling?Because, she said, bad ideas are my favorite kind.Its no secret (if you know me at all) that I identify as Lila Trash, and @allthehaters, here's a list of reasons why LILA BARD IS AWESOME AND YOU'RE WRONG:1. SHE SINGLE HANDEDLY RESCUED KELL FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE FROM A CAGE PROTECTED BY THE SHARPEST KNIGHT IN WHITE LONDON2. She's fucking badass.3. She's Lila Bard and she doesn't give a damn.My friend (who hated Lila) said she wasn't as annoying in this book. And I suppose, in a sense it's true - she went through a hell lot of character development. She hated goodbyes, but she said them. She hated caring, but she cared anyway. She wanted to run, but she stayed anyway. These subtle changes were far more powerful than any words could be. If book #1 was Kell and book #2 was Lila, this was Holland. Holland, who V.E. Schwab ships with sadness. Holland, who lost everything but still fought for his world. Holland, who broke my heart because FUCK NOBODY DESERVES SO MUCH PAIN.The bodies piled. Athos watched. Astrid grinned. Hollands hand moved on its puppet string. And his mind screamed until it finally lost its voice. - Kell x Lila: They kiss so much?? Honestly I should have kept count of how many times they kiss because theyre rushing off to danger every two seconds and just kiss before all the time just for luck you know - also LILA ALMOST DIED and kell breaks apart and jfc he carries her back and hugs her and MY HEART - Rhylucard: I SHIP THEM SO MUCH. SO DAMN MUCH. - I swear, 75% of my highlights from this book are rhylucard moments because they're so precious honestlyLuc? rasped Rhy.Im here, answered Alucard. Im here. Stay with me.He tried to speak, but his heart slammed against his ribs as if trying to break through.It redoubled, then faltered. - He woke up and called him luc my heart is over he was dying and what he thought of what said was luc jfcAlucard clutched his lovers hand. - HE CALLED HIM HIS LOVER I AM DEAD I AM DYING - THE WORLD WENT TO HELL AND YOU KNOW WHAT ALUCARDS REACTION WAS: All that mattered - all that would ever matter - was this.Rhy was alive. - I mean, how can you not cry reading that?Also can we talk about Kell on Rhylucard & Alucard walking in on Kell and Lila because it's the best thing ever: - I love Protective Kell so much I told you to keep him safe, not cuddle - also this:Kell, she said, the word something between a whisper and a gasp. And then the door burst open. Alucard stood in the doorway, soaking wet, as if hed just been dumped in the sea, or the sea had been dumbed over him. Stop fucking with the ship. - I have never laughed so much in my lifeThis book is a monster. Actually - V.E. Schwab is a monster. A beautiful cold hearted monster who will stop at nothing less than my death. Well? There you have it. A GODAMM PERFECT ENDING.This is why I run. Because caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didnt let go. Caring hurt more than a knife to the leg, motor then anything that bled or broke and healed again. Caring didnt break you clean. It was a bone that didnt set, a cut that wouldnt close. VERDICT: VICTORIA SCHWAB HAS SHATTERED ME AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER BE FINE. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS PLANET NEEDS THIS TRILOGY IN THERE LIFE.pre-review(s) because I'm trash lmaoupdate: IT'S HERE OH MY GOD I'M SCARED TO ACTUALLY READ IT WTFanother update because I CAN'T CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT WHAT IS THIS LIFE I NEED THIS BUT I CAN'T READ IT will probably skip school and read it the second it comes out because yes I'm Trash honestly I've never wanted anything in my life so much?? ALSO I HEARD THERE'S DEATH I WILL SUE IF THERE'S DEATH(messages from me to may and honestly i'm mad because nobody's as excited for this as I am HELLO IT'LL BE THE END OF AN ERA) (also i feel like it's been a lot of time since I said this but I LOVE LILA BARD just an update)Do you know what I just realised? (yes this is an update because I thought I was ready, guess what I'M NOT)This book releases in 18 days.Which is to say, 432 hours.259200 minutes.15552000 seconds till we get more Kell and Lila and Alucard and Rhy.I know it's not accurate. Fight me.

Anoshe was a word for strangers in the street, and lovers between meetings, for parents and children, friends and family. It softened the blow of leaving. Eased the strain of parting. A careful nod to the certainty of today, the mystery of tomorrow. When a friend left, with little chance of seeing home, they said anoshe. When a loved one was dying, they said anoshe. When corpses were burned, bodies given back to the earth and souls to the stream, those left grieving said anoshe. Anoshe brought solace. And hope. And the strength to let go.me: *slams fist on table* time to write acol reviewinner me: you can't write a serious one even if they paid youinner me: you're going to babble and yell incoherentlyinner me: it would be full of cringeinner me: and you will also cryme: *slams two fists on table* THATS THE PLANI HONESTLY DONT KNOW WHERE TO START. SO MANY FEELINGS.acol is a beautiful conclusion of one of my most favorite book series and i spent 10 minutes crying because it's over. i can't easily let my favorite characters and one of my favorite worlds go.i pulled an allnighter to read this book, i binge read it for 11 hours, had like 2 hours of sleep in two days, paced around my flat like a fucking zombie numb and empty after i finished it and I REGRET NOTHING. i loved this book so much!!! it's so intense, action-packed and glorious. i enjoyed the story and all characters interactions and i WISH it would've been longer (even tho its 600+ pages lmao)this book made me cry so fucking much though. like, i don't cry easily and GODDAMN IT VICTORIA why. acol made me feel so many things, it made me laugh, made me cry, made me so worried sometimes, i felt like dying. sometimes it was SO FUCKING CREEPY and sometimes it was so FLUFFY. also JEEZ there was no relaxing, something good happens and you're like 'oh phew' and then you turn the page AND SHIT HITS YOU IN THE FACE. pls give me a break????i'm very sad that the story has ended but at the same time im very happy.A Conjuring of Light may mark the end of one adventure, but remember: when it comes to this world, new doors are always being made.- Victoria Schwab!!!!!!!!!!everything further contains spoilers which i won't mark as spoilers so PLEASE don't read it further if you haven't read the book yet!!!!!!!!!!listen, i expected it to be cool, but it was way cooler??? but what's with this KILLING SPREE. remember when victoria was like oh this book is 35% death and i was like phew it doesnt sound so bad AND THEN THIS BOOK MURDERED LIKE EVERY SIDE CHARACTER I CARED ABOUT AND I WAS LIKE WHAT THE FUCK VICTORIA. i cried the hardest at calla's death, maxim's death, hastra's death (omg i cant even think abt it without tearing up??? he thought he was a bad guard and then he saved kell and,,,,send help why did my tiny son die he should've been a priest but then kell might've died WHY) AND HOLLAND'S DEATH (i knew holland would die and i knew he would die like he did (finally free and calm but JESUS. FUCKING. CHRIST. i didn't know i have so many tears in me).Death comes for us all, said Holland evenly. I would simply have mine mean something.about holland though. for me he was the highlight of this book. i didn't like him in the first book and then agos happened and i softened to him BUT IN THIS FUCKING BOOK HE JUST BROKE MY HEART SO MANY TIMES MY SOFT SPOT FOR HIM IS THE SIZE OF OUR UNIVERSE. he got a redemption arc and this redemption arc is 9138483/10, his backstory made me cry so many times (like, his brother tried to kill him when he was a little boy???? a girl he loved and was happy with tried to kill him?? his best friend was killed and he couldn't save him??? he was tortured and captured and he couldn't do anything about it but just count his kills (i will never stop crying that he did it) and suffer??? and then it happened again after he just got free??? my poor tortured soN, i wanted to tuck him in the bed and cover him with all the blankets i have). i loved his interaction with kell so much and i loved holland so much and i can't convey my emotions about him in the text because DAMMIT he's totally the best character of this book and one of the best antagonists-but-not-really i've ever read about and can i have more characters like holland pretty please. i fucking started bawling when he trapped osaron and then i kept sobbing when he woke up and i couldn't stop weeping when he died because i knew it would happen and in a way it was a perfect ending for him (he died and his world lived and that is what he always desired and awknfaliefn im dead) but DAMN IT HURTS.Lila met Hollands gaze, expectingmaybe even hopingto find that cold, implacable calm, perhaps tinged with disgust. Instead, she found shades of sadness, loss. And somehow, strength. The strength to go on. To try again. To trust.i loved INTERACTIONS in this book so much.kell and rhy are forever my most favorite brother duo. they love and care about each other so much i would die for them.rhy and alucard are two idiots in love and i hope they're forever happy. alucard's backstory is so horrible (i cant believe his brother survived but good people didnt wtf can he jump off a cliff thank u very much nobody needs him) and i'm so happy that rhy understood and forgave him and wjskfeafjsklfskl pls be happy.kell and lila (!!!!!!!!!!!!!). i shipped them from the very beginning AND THEY FINALLY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY'RE SOOO CUUUUTEEE. i love kell and lila and their relationship and the fact that kell would rather shoot himsef in the head than trust her (jk). i love how they're different but they complete each other in their own way. i love that the series wasn't really focused on their romance, but it's still enough and it's beautiful and i want to cri. also kell is very efficient teacher isnt he.Ned stared at her with open awe. Youre like him.No,said Kell dryly, striding past him. Shes one of a kind.kell and alucard gave me life with their bickering.kell and holland!!!!!!!!!!! good shit right here!!!!!!!!!! kell cared about holland and i cried at this and i wish it was different between them, like, holland is so older brother material for kell and AAAAAAAAAAAAA. and holland, too, was pretty fond of kell here i think. and i want to weep again because it could've been so much more.ALSO THE SQUAD aka kell, rhy, lila and alucard. omg how much i loved that scene when they drank together and their interactions overall AND I WISH THERE WERE MORE because damn this is the squad i can read hours about.THE THREE ANTARI. one of the best things that happened in this book. i wanted this from the very beginning and YESSSS kell, lila and holland finally worked together AND HOLLAND WAS THE ANCHOR, THE CENTER and this is perfect??? Lila looked to Kell. You didnt teach me this one.His jaw was slack. I I didnt know it.Holland gave them both a bland look. Amazing,he said dryly. There are still things you havent learned.i loved all characters in this book, and thanks to victoria schwab for creating them and i cant believe i have to say good bye to them.*cries externally**cries internally**cries eternally*as i already said im pretty satisfied with the closure. but i'm not satisfied with complete lack of backstory for lila. like, kell's parents thing was at least acknowledged, holland got a decent backstory that i will never stop crying about, but lila got nothing. i wanted to know more about her from the very beginning of the series and we didn't even get glimpses into her past. (i also don't understand how she almost died when kell said 93289894 times in adsom that antari are almost invincible and it's really hard, almost impossible to kill them and then bam lila could've died if holland didn't heal her. i understand that her wound was fatal but idk). pretty much only issues i have with this book tho.overall, for me this book was perfect. fast, intense and exciting. i wish it weren't the end.pls hold me while im crying12108392810293/10 It wasnt a good-bye, not really. What was the word for parting? Anoshe.That was it. Until another day.Anoshe.~~~~~~~did i finish this book or did this book finish me?fyi i spent last two parts fucking bawlingmy pillow is wet my nose is running my eyes are dry i feel empty and dead inside i need a hugrtc hopefully~~~~~~~pre-reading:*new updates are posted in the beginningfirst of all, is this holland vs danes twins flashbacksecond, WILL thERE BE A MOMENT WHERE HOLLAND DOENST GET HURT JESUS~~~WHY R U SO CRUEL STOP TORTURING ME @VESCHWAB~~~im dead dead dead dying dead dead deceased14 days until acol im yelling~~~#GiveHollandABreak#HollandProtectionSquadwhat has become of this review~~~(src Victoria's twitter)H E L L O :-)~~~HI GUYS I AM SCREAMING YOURE WELCOME TO JOIN ME*yells*~~~i love how alucard cant stop antagonizing kell50 days YAy~~~TELL ME ITS ABOUT HOLLAND IT MUST BE ABOUT HOLLAND RIGHT~~~this is also very beautiful i have feelings ~~~hnnnng~~~my precious girl i miss her so much~~~:D~~~9/10/16AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK E L L L A U G H E D my baby~~~8/10/16;;~~~15/09/16ACOL'S FIRST SNIPPET Y'ALL~~~10/06/16i am fine this is fine i aM NOT FINE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY VICTORIA IS SO CRUEL(i am trying to prepare for my exam which is tomorrow AND SHE DROPS THAT)~~~23/05/16 How was she supposed to fight a woman whose knives didnt even stay in her hands?The answer, of course, was simple: the same way she fought anyone else.Quick and dirty.THE COVER IS SO BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOD SO GORGEOUS I'M HYPERVENTILATING THE EXCERPT ALSO!!!! Lila being badass while saving Kell! SIGN ME UP!!!!!!How are we supposed to WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY~~~28/04/16IT HAS A RELEASE DATE!! FEBRUARY 21, 2017!!~~~20/04/16IT HAS A TITLE~~~17/04/2016IS IT RHYLUCARD

Updated 9/11/17:I will be crying for the next 75 years. This was perfection. It was such a good conclusion.UMMMMM so I finished A Gathering of Shadows and placed an order for this book within 10 minutes. It only took so long because I had to find my credit card. GIMME.

With ACOL hitting shelves this month, I guess it's time to finally mark it as read...I don't know what else to say, except I've never been prouder of a book, and I really hope my readers enjoy the end of this journey.

why on earth am i so emotional right now!?!?! its been awhile since a conclusion to a series has hit me so hard. goodness, my heart is full. i loved that this picked up immediately where a gathering of shadows left off. it was such a quick dive straight into the conclusion and this final book really has the best qualities of the previous two - more marvellous world building is at play as the characters travel beyond the city of london, and touching backstories/flashbacks are present to give even more depth and development to those characters with whom i have bonded. but where this book found its own voice was in its plot. this was filled with so much more action and adventure that wasnt quite as prevalent previously. so much was at stake that i couldnt put this down - i became so invested in the captivating writing, the constant peril and intrigue, and the emotions i felt for the characters and their redemption. just everything about this pulled me in and wouldnt let go. and even though this book hit every mark all the way through, it was really the ending that shined for me. this was wrapped up so nicely and provided the closure i needed after pouring my heart and soul into this story across three books. i felt very at peace with the way the story was resolved, which is all i could have asked for. and so to this series i tenderly and lovingly say, anoshe - until another day. 4.5 stars