I will concede on the fact that I should call him Puckett. Saying that he is “Max’s Dad” all the time sort of robs him of his own personality, and puts more weight on his relationship to his son than his own identity.

HOWEVER: I am not going to call the guy that I am fucking crushing on “Mr Puckett”. Like, what am I? The local 16 year old babysitter? I have class here.

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So wow. Was that a wild right from start to finish.

Cody being the secret anime president, and now confirm there are monsters in town, and they do have a mafia of sorts. VP has to be the witch (with ties to Zarei, interesting), and Cody is in charge.

I feel sad for Hijack’s death (maybe he possessed something?). Lisa has to be another monster, right? And maybe Starchman too (but I still think he is a human-fae man).

Violet and Cody fighting for Jeff intrigue me.

Dimitri being the missing member….did not see that coming. I thought it was a girl…and dead. So that makes me happy to know, yes he is a spectral, just not with the Cousinhood. Maybe we will get more backstory later.

All the kids got good character resolutions to all of their problems. Like, this was such a satisfying conclusion. Max staying to fight, Ed regains Isabel, Isaac feels like he belongs and is actually given information, and Isabel learning to be more gentle with her allies and enemies. They have all grown up, and I am proud of reading their journey.