Where to begin and how to review the final chapter of 
 Patrick Ness 
 ' 
 Chaos Walking 
 series? 
 First I think I'd really like to thank my friend for recommending the series to me, I've loved it since the first pages. 
 Second: this might very well be one of my top three book series I've this far read. 
 The entire series has been a thrilling read! 
 A lot of the time, sequels tend to be a weaker re-telling of the first book with some new twists added but with Chaos Walking it's really felt like three completely different books; like stories within a story. 
 Ness' character development is incredible, I feel as if I've developed a deep connection to Todd (most of all), Viola, the Mayor & mistress Coyle (perhaps not as willingly as the others), Manchee and Angharrad (yes, really) and the rest of the more recurring characters. It felt as if I was present and able to watch Todd grow up. 
 As I've probably already mentioned in past reviews, I've grown wary of the YA genre as I often find that an almost always present romance is more the focal point than the story and also that I can't relate to the characters or develope an attachment to them; I think the entire Chaos Walking series is a brilliant exception. 
 Here, the story is the focal point, and what a story it is. The way in which Patrick Ness differentiates the different characters' narratives - by alternating between cursive, bold or phonetic speech - is both clever and effective; I think it really helps making the characters come to life. 
 The story is so engrossing, there have been times, plural, when I had to put the book down and just rant out loud about the actions of the one or other character - and I've definitely taken sides! 
 While I had to find out how the final book would end, I was at the same time dreading finishing it, both because I didn't want it to end, but also because it places a lot of pressure on the next book I decide to pick up. 
 (The ending was equally well written (view spoiler)[: not too sugar coated but at the same time it was as awful as it could've been (hide spoiler)]!) 
 I will definitely re-read this series, which is without a doubt the highest praise I can give a book.