Let's see if I can recover long enough to gather my poor scattered brain to write a review. 
 I loved this book. 
 I found the pace just about right with the last 200 pages totally explosive (like: are you trying to give me an heart attack or what?). 
 "In the Afterlight" has everything: action, heartbreak (mine included), loss, fear, hope, acceptance, unconditional love and much more; this book is a journey more in a psychological sense than in the physical one but a journey nonetheless. 
 Ruby grows quite a lot and the circle finally closes (I can't be more specific without spoiling lots of stuff). 
 Vida, Chubs, Zu and Liam were as wonderful as always (Liam, my little ray of sunshine!). 
 I also liked the friendship between Ruby and Cole and how they always tried to fiercely protect their loved ones, even when it sometimes ended questionable choices. 
 From time to time I wanted to slap Ruby and Liam (sorry, love) but... that's okay because well...relationships aren't easy, fights do happen and yes, people do make bad choices; sometimes out of love, sometimes out of fear. Because of its "imperfections" their relationship felt very real (at least to me). 
 (Aaand Lo! and behold...for once no love triangle..wow!) 
 Clancy...well...he's his usual deceptive and sneaky self. Ruby was too good to him, showing undeserved mercy (points for you, girl). 
 The final chapters were epic. By the last one I was crying (which happened 3 times in all, this one included). 
 *sniffs* When Liam finds Ruby, when she wakes up and reads the paper...God! And the final scene, it was so...perfect. Even though I don't like open endings...this one felt right. (I'm looking forward to read the Beyond the Night novella). 
 Oh yeah, the crying wasn't helped by the fact that I was reading this while listening to "stay alive" by Jose Gonzales (from the playlist Alexandra put on Spotify). 
 All in all, top hats off to Alexandra Bracken. 
 Overall rating of the trilogy 4.5, 5 based on the feels I had by the end of it. 
 I'm happy I sticked around after TDM (which was a bit of a clumsy reading for me) because now I can say I totally love this trilogy and I'll miss everyone (yeah Ruby, you too). 
 One last thing: where do I get my own Liam?