As said to someone who unexpectedly betrayed me by fooling me into thinking I would not be alone in my misery /s, "definitely a book where you're like "there's 200 pages left how much more can happen. okay well fuck there's 150 pages left what more is about to happen. there are 100 PAGES LEFT PLEASE STOP"

This was an amazingly epic conclusion to the series, and wow, look, I finished a series! Crazy. At first I wanted to give it 4 stars like the first two books based on the first half feeling a bit like dragging its feet to me, but that was because the final night starts around page 200 and with 408 pages total in the ebook and I was dragging my feet thinking there was no way the final fight was going to be that long. (Boy was I wrong, but in the best, most devastating way possible). I absolutely underestimated all the moving pieces and got my heart wrecked along the way, so I can't in my right mind give it anything less than 5 stars. 

I didn't always love the writing style-- at some points the explanations & reviews seemed repetitive, but that very well could be chalked up to the fact that I binge-read these and the information was already fresh. Nonetheless, the characters, the journey, and the plot have been amazing across all three books.

If you're a big fan of Inuyasha, I cannot recommend this series enough. Inuyasha has a special place in my heart as my first anime ever, and the Shadow of the Fox series had a lot of my favorite elements from it, including the feudal setting, demon-slaying, and a great case of diverse characters who all band together because of one girl's journey. (Say what you will about Kagome but she's always been my girl, and so is Yumeko!) The romance also DEMOLISHED me and now I'm even more excited to start the Iron Fey series!