This review originally posted at More Than Just Magic 
 I have a confession to make. I have been dragging my feet when it comes to Young Adult series. I just have SO many on the go and more than a couple installments have let me down. There are books that came out months ago that I've been sitting on because I'm unsure a satisfactory conclusion is waiting for me between the covers. 
 Let the record show that I had NONE of those reservations when I picked up Blood of my Blood. From the very beginning Lyga has proven that this is a stand out series. 
 The stakes have been high since the first book. Jazz is the son of the world's most notorious serial killer and that is a heavy burden to bear. Will nature or nurture win out over his destiny? But every time you think things can't get any worse, Lyga manages to raise the stakes again. And he manages to do it without being over the top or pulling you away from the story. Instead you just get dragged in further and further with every twist until before you know it three years have passed and you're staring at the end of the last page wondering how you're going to cope now that this series is over. Such is the power of Barry Lyga. 
 The central characters of this series - Jasper, Howie and Connie - are pushed to their limit in Blood of my Blood. At the end of Game they're all in incredibly dangerous, life threatening situations. Jasper has been shot and is in a locked storage locker, Connie has been kidnapped and Howie was brutally attacked. Things are not going well for them. And they've changed a lot because of the events that have transpired. I really appreciate the way these characters have developed over the series. It's not always positive growth. Sometimes they regress and sometimes they make poor decisions. They're a complicated bunch which makes them feel so realistic, no matter how "out there" the book gets. 
 There's not too much I can say about the plot of Blood of my Blood without giving away pieces of the mystery. Rest assured that it is extremely well crafted and full of brilliant twists. Despite the fact that Blood of my Blood is nearly 500 pages this is the kind of book you want to read in one sitting. If you've read the first two books in this series chances are you're extremely attached to the characters and you're just as desperate as I was to find out what happens to them and what Billy has been planning. 
 Blood of my Blood is a brilliant conclusion to a series that made my heart race from beginning to end. I'm confident it will go down as one of my favourite thrillers of all time.