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The Feast Makers

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A perfect conclusion to the trilogy that satisfyingly ends the arcs of Sideways' coven while still leaving the door open for more adventures.

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I really appreciate the amazing writing of H.A. Clarke - the chaos of characters and action is refreshing. It’s obvious the love for these characters is there. Definitely need to fall in love with them from the beginning. Love a good queer romance and witchy tale. Love the active choice to do good even after being burned - that’s what makes true heroes. Worth a read, but start from the first book Scapegracers so you can keep up. It goes quick, but worth the ride.

Special thanks to #NetGalley, publisher #KensingtonBooks and talented author #H.A.Clarke for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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It's more of a 2.5 stars. since it's a Continuation of 2 books. I first had to read a review from the previous two books. It wasn't book I would read on my own. some topics aren't my taste exactly. I tought it was just about fantasy and witches. I did enjoy part of the story. The magic system seemed interesting. But sometimes it felt abit too childish for me.
It's a good story, with great characters. It just wasn't for me

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After restoring their powers, Sideways just wants to get on with senior year. But the covens have convened for the trial of Madeline Kline. When this stubborn, independent witch begs the Scapegracers to save her from a cruel and unusual punishment, Sideways knows they have to get involved. It’s the right thing to do, even if Madeline did steal their soul and wear it for a time. Right?

An excellent sequel. I look forward to a third installment (if the author chooses to do so).

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Thank you so much to the publishers for providing me with this advanced reading copy. I absolutely LOVED this series so much, it does not have enough advertising out there. I want to shout it from the rooftops how much I love this series. I greatly enjoy the found family, the creepy vibes, and I just love the main character and her unreliability so much.

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A great third book in the Scapegracers Trilogy series, it had everything that I enjoyed from the previous two books. I was hooked from the first page and was engaged the entire way. The characters felt like the same people in book to book. I look forward to reading more from H.A. Clarke.

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Thanks to Erewhon and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

I will just say I am SO HAPPY I didn't have to wait all the way until next year to finish this series. Sideways will remain one of my favourite book characters of all time, and it was their voice and attitude that really carried this series and this last installment. I thought the plot was well done, even if the pacing felt a little off to me (I did not realize this took place three months after The Scratch Daughters!). Mostly I was here for my angry butch lesbian Sideways. And I will be the first to admit that my rating is slightly skewed based on how much I relate to Sideways on so many levels, from the lesbianism to the car anxiety.

Some things I liked:
I loved it when Shiloh had a bit of an existential crisis and pulled a Gideon Nav and just laid face-down on the floor. Iconic of them.
This book uses the word dyke so much! It makes me so happy!
The Feast Makers, along with the first two books in this wonderful series, are up there with The Locked Tomb series in Most Lesbian Books. This is the highest compliment I can give anything.

I rounded up to five stars but this is a 4.5 for me, I enjoyed the whole reading experience but I do wish the book was a little bit longer to wrap up a few more threads, or go more in depth into some situations that were introduced in this book, however these complaints are not nearly enough to detract from any of my enjoyment. Overall, a delightful ending to a delightful series!

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I am OBSESSED with these characters. I would literally read anything that features them. So I guess it's not that surprising that I loved this book.

Streaming services, pay attention, this could be your next hit. (just don't cancel it like you do everything else)

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What an odd little story. It's written in a bit of a meandering, stream of consciousness style (I'm still not entirely certain that was on purpose). The Scapegracers are not exactly the best friends, and a good example of why even found family can be a bit messy.

Sideways is, of course, the most unreliable of unreliable narrators. Their voice rings true, though, for the lost that many new adults feel these days. A generation of lost but found.

"My Scapegracers would be at lunch. Acceptable reason to get myself to stop reading I guess. So many questions and only one me."

Overall, I enjoyed the ephemeral atmosphere of the story, and was mostly able to overlook the editing issues with spelling & grammar that (hopefully) get ironed out in the final.

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4 stars for now because I have to let my thoughts marinate for a bit. I think this'll probably be 5 stars once the spelling and grammar mistakes are out and I have a bit more time to binge-read the book in 2 days instead of 12.

I absolutely loved seeing more of my little Scapegracers and getting to know all the new characters. There were a lot of reveals too which made me gasp multiple times. The only sort of problem I had was the pacing. The book starts off three months after the ending of the second part, so I had a bit of a hard time getting into it. After the first quarter of the story, I was in a sort of slump because there's no real stakes for a while, and it isn't until around 80% that everything sort of starts getting together. From then on it was truly page-turning, so that did make up for the rest.

Overall a decent ending for the trilogy, I'd love an extra novel maybe to learn a bit more about the plotlines that haven't really been discussed (Jing's family, whatever happens in the town after chapter 21????, WHICH IVY DID YATES PICK)

thank you to netgalley again it was truly a dream come true to get another arc for this trilogy (I would not have been able to wait another 10 months)

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I adore the Scapegracers series so very much, so I couldn't wait to dive into this concluding volume to the trilogy. It's everything I could hope for, and then some. I hope this series gains even more popularity once it's complete--it really deserves a more-than-cult following!

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I don't know if I've ever been so excited to be approved for an ARC before. I consumed the first two books in this trilogy and knew that if I didn't get the third in my hands as soon as humanly possible I might explode. This book took me on the wildest rollercoaster of emotions and action and was chock full of everything that makes this trilogy amazing. Sideways is a charming, relatable, sarcastic narrator and they're just a delight to get into the head of and view the world through the eyes of. The way Clarke weaves magic into the version of our world created in these books is absolutely thrilling and they also keep us grounded in the fact that the Scapegracers are still traversing high school while fighting people who want to see witches dead. This conclusion to the Scapegracers' story is captivating, exciting, and simultaneously heart wrenching and warming. I want to read it forever and ever and I cannot wait to have the physical copy in my hands and on my shelf eventually.

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