This was such a fun  and powerfully written series. I started this series in middle school and never kept up with the release and returning almost 15 years later to the series has made this such an impactful re read and series ending. There’s so much beauty in Emily and Trellis’s characters as they develop throughout the series. I found myself so connected to their struggles with grief and trauma and power. What does it mean if we can hold even the slightest bit of control in our hands and weave a reality we want ourselves? 

I loved these words from Leon we’re so powerful:

And I felt that and resonated so deeply with them. Wow. What a wending and a twist as we concluded - connecting us back with the present time. Powerful stuff. Beautiful designed and creative in its thinking. Fun in its adventure and world building. Profound in its connection to life , humanity, and the ever blossoming fantastical world.