Longshadow

This was my favorite of the three, partially because I've always loved psychopomps and ghosts, and queer romance is always a sure fire way to my heart. I also think it's the strongest of the three — I felt it was the best paced especially at the climax (which I couldn't put down), and while one of the two central mysteries was fairly guessable, I enjoyed seeing it play out on page  and the full reveal of our murderer at the climax had some good twists.

I really enjoyed the chemistry and self-discovery the two leads had, and the secondary characters were great. I really enjoyed that we got to see some of Elias's arc from Half a Soul and “The Latch Key” continue  (and to catch up with Dora in general). Mercy did have a stronger arc than Abigail and I loved the way her gender was dealt with and that her true form was what she was most comfortable in, not what was original or most powerful, but I think Abigail's worked for the story well. And I really appreciate that the uniting factor of the magicians in all three stories is anger at things wrong in the world. This was a great cap to the series, and I will definitely revisit it at some point.