What is there even left to say except that I've been crying for the past hour and everything is fine it's totally fine I'm fine you guys.

I actually have one slightly major gripe that I thought around a third of the way through might lower my rating to 4 stars (gasp) but, of course, once I really got into the meat of it, of course, of course this was my favorite book of the year. A million stars. This slightly major gripe pales in comparison to all of the emotions I'm feeling. Just for completeness' sake, though, I will say it.

Spoiler

Darkdawn featured a FUCKING STUPID plot point in which Mercurio and Aelius find Nevernight and Godsgrave in the library and use them to help themselves and Mia. Yes, you read that right, earlier books IN THIS SERIES themselves make an appearance in Darkdawn. Kristoff doesn't miss an opportunity to make fun of himself, having characters rag on the books at every turn. I hated it. It felt like meta bullshit when it was first introduced and while I didn't mind some of the fun twists that were allowed to happen because of it, that doesn't justify it.

But I mean, really, who gives a shit about one slightly major gripe when one of my favorite series gets such an epic conclusion.