Synopsis:

Winnie Wednesday’s future is looking bright. Hemlock Falls is no longer hunting the werewolf, she and Erica Thursday are tentative friends, and Winnie finally knows exactly where she stands with Jay Friday.

With everything finally on track, Winnie is looking forward to the Nightmare Masquerade, a week-long celebration of all things Luminary. But as Luminaries from across the world flock to the small town, uninvited guests also arrive. Winnie is confronted by a masked Diana and charged with an impossible task—one that threatens everything and everyone Winnie loves.

As Winnie fights to stop new enemies before time runs out, old mysteries won’t stop intruding. Her missing father is somehow entangled with her search for hidden witches, and as Winnie digs deeper into the long-standing war between the Luminaries and the Dianas, she discovers rifts within her own family she never could have imagined.

What does loyalty mean when family and enemies look the same?

Review:

Another series wraps up! I don’t read much ya these days, but I have been enjoying The Luminaries series with each release. In it, we follow Winnie Wednesday, an outcast from The Luminaries through no fault of her own, who has fought to regain her place among her peers.
The Luminaries are an order that protects humanity from monsters that rise from the forest each night. In this third and final book, the stakes are higher than ever as Winnie comes face to face with the Diana’s – the Luminaries’ longstanding adversaries.

As always, Dennard’s writing is very atmospheric. I listened to the first two on audio and can see that Caitlin Davies narrates this one too – I highly recommend the audio as she brings it totally alive.

I’ve really enjoyed seeing Winnie grow through this series. She is still a teenager and she has the angst of one, but she is much more confident about who she is in this instalment and as a result, she is more mature which I appreciated as someone who left my teens behind a long time ago!

The pacing in this book was a lot faster than we’ve had previously, at points almost chaotic. However, I think this is intentional, as it mirrors the chaos of the actual events that are unfolding and I followed everything just fine.

I liked that we learned more about the Luminary and Diana societies in this book, information that is integral to unravelling the plot and answering the questions lingering from the first two books.

This was a fun book, and a great conclusion to the trilogy. If you like the sound of pacy, action-packed paranormal fantasy with a dash of romance and some great, realistic younger characters then give The Luminaries a try!

I was part of the Instagram blog tour for this book, hosted by @blackcrow_pr and received an e-arc through @daphne.press