I received a review copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. It has not affected my opinions.

MOTH TO A FLAME is a trilogy ender all about healing, hope, and working towards a better world.

This is a much gentler book than the last two. It is not a constant run of awful, impossible choices and death, Isabel (and the plot) moving at a hundred miles an hour through betrayal and anguish. Instead, it's slower paced as Isabel begins the slow process of recognising and healing from all the trauma she's experienced (so there's a fair amount of anguish still!)

It is a book about healing, tearing down walls, and building back better. It's about acceptance of the past and finding a way to move on. It's about justice and freedom and culpability - how scapegoats are often used to avoid states owning up to the part they had in it all. It's about community and finding less violent ways to enact change.

This all means that, shockingly (for the series) there are very few deaths in this book compared to THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN and the bloodbath that was THE HUMMINGBIRD KILLER - only three total by my count. People I actually get to survive for once (which was a relief my heart!)

I d getting a book about healing a hope. It is a brutal trilogy about valuing weapons and money over lives, particularly children's, so to end on a strong note of hope that there can be change is very empowering.2 s Morgan Greensmith263 4

“That’s all she ever asked of the world. A chance to get better.”

God this book. This book. Isabel Ryans is a character so close to my heart. Getting to read an entire book of her being treated with kindness and patience and understanding as she grieves and processes her trauma actually healed something fundamental inside me. This book is the perfect culmination of the series and exactly the kind of book I desperately need to read more of, with this mental health & quiet epilogue focus.1 Liz S10

Once again, weeping.

A stellar ending to the trilogy. This one really digs into the complexity of recovery and forgiveness, especially from and for things that can't be undone ( all that murder in TBA and THK).

This is a perfect culmination of Isabel's arc and a beautiful book.

There is significantly less murder than in the first two.1 1 comment Katie69

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