this ending feels so bittersweet oh my god. i remember the summer before freshman year i picked up the inheritance games and fell in love so quickly, i had my parents buy the final gambit the minute the bookstores open so they could drop it off at my school since it was my first day of high school, i remember when i was rereading the hawthorne legacy and about toby and hannah’s postcards and i realized that whatever i do in the future i want it to be something where i can travel, i remember when the hawthorne legacy was announced and i overanalyzed every single bit of information that came out, i remember being at barnes and noble first thing in the morning to buy it, i remember even when my schedule and high school caught up to me i would sneak in time reading the grandest game and the other books, i remember when the same backward as forward was announced and i found out i was finally going to see my favorite story come to life, and i now get to look back at all of this knowing that i’ve come so far since then and i get to achieve that dream of seeing the world now which i realized all thanks to this series?
i don’t even know where to begin when trying to talk about it, it feels so surreal seeing the character arcs and knowing how different it was at the start. i just love this whole saga so much and i’m glad i got the chance to grow with these books, it’s truly amazing. i’ve grown attached to these characters with all my heart and seeing them come to life with the absolutely stunning characterizations jlb has created is just so beautiful. i’m always gonna miss the way it felt to touch each book for the first time and just be fully immersed in the story so much.