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I've finally finished re-reading Daughters of the Moon. It took a while but I did it. I just wanted to briefly share my thoughts on the last book, and then the series as a whole.

Now that I've re-read it all, I don't think the last book was that bad. I don't think it's the strongest in the series, but it's not nearly as bad as I remember it being when I first read it as a kid. I personally would've changed a few things, like allowing Vanessa to keep her memories of being a goddess because I feel like she earned it after defeating the Atrox. (Keep her memories but lose the powers to clarify)

I also think Catty's sacrifice was written pretty well, I don't think it felt like killing her off for the sake of killing her off. It's tragic and painful but didn't really feel completely unnecessary. I honestly don't know how I'd react if I hadn't known it was coming, maybe I would feel differently.

I'm also glad Serena and Stanton get a happy ending. The only thing that really bothered me is how Serena didn't think of her brother at all. No mention of him. It feels like his character was literally forgotten about. Like you're never going to see your brother again and he doesn't even know it. If I rewrote it I'd either somehow fit in a big goodbye scene between them or I'd make it so Serena and Stanton can leave Nefandus every so often like for a day or something idk. Those three things are my biggest complaints but they're just minor little nitpicks.

Also I just realized this as I'm typing but where was Tianna? She's not mentioned either and it felt like Vanessa slightly took her place as being forced to be with the Atrox bit. Anyway yeah I can admit this last book felt very rushed. I think it said something in the beginning about how Lynne Ewing wasn't planning on writing an ending originally?

As for the series as a whole, it's definitely so much better to read now being 20, vs when the first time I read it being 10. I can really appreciate more of the story and writing and little things I missed. I think overall this series is an underrated gem. It's sad not many people know about it. It really influenced my own writing growing up with it.

I'm not going to keep posting book quotes from it since I've already read through every single book and picked the quotes I wanted to write down. But I'll probably still post about the series from time to time.

I'm also honestly not interested in reading the side/spin-off series.

Ideally I want to finish collecting books so I have the full set.

Anyway, that's just a bit of my rambling about a old relatively unknown book series. If you're interested in reading a young adult Greek goddess fantasy book series focused on girl friendships and add in some slightly outdated early 2000s references then I'd recommend it. There's thirteen books but each one has about 26ish chapters or so. Read it in a day kind of book.

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Vanessa shook her head. No one would ever know the sacrifice that Catty had made to save the world, and that made her angry and sad her emotions mixed wildly. She looked up at the moon and yelled at Selene. "It's not fair!"

― Lynne Ewing, The Final Eclipse

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Stanton:

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"Serena," Collin called after her.

She turned back.

"Don't you want me to give you a ride?" He asked.

She shook her head. "No, thanks."

"Be careful."

"I always am."

"I just have this funny feeling," he said, and kissed her lightly on the cheek.

"No fear," she whispered.

"No fear," he repeated, and she walked out the door.

― Lynne Ewing, Possession

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“May I come in?” he asked, firing her the same grin he’d fired at the barista.

“You’re not a vampire.” Iriel replied, stepping aside to let him into the foyer.

“Tell that to those Victorian blokes from the 19th.” Arith deadpanned in response as he stepped inside, “Actually, don’t. I’m pretty sure they’re all dead by now.”

— Practically_An_Xman, Lucky

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As she walked, she noticed the time changed like a switch. It became later in the day. However, this wasn’t even the strangest thing that happened.

“What the…” Marigold muttered, looking down at her sudden outfit change.

She wore a yellow headband and an orange bodysuit with a short dress over it that had an hourglass design on the front. Her shoes had turned to heels.

“Ok… wasn’t expecting that… At least the bracelet was unaffected,” she said. “But could be worse, I suppose, wait will I get my old outfit back?”

“Whatever, clothes are replaceable, Peter isn’t.” She added.

Marigold, Missing Man: Peter Maximoff

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“I got these for you, it was the least I could do.” Peter handed her the flowers.

“Oh! These are beautiful! Thank you.” Marigold admired the flowers.

“One more thing.” He smiled and took out the box from his pocket. Marigold opened it. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace. It had an M+P letter charm dangling from it.

Marigold's eyes widened in surprise. She gasped and grinned. “Aww, Peter, this is so sweet.” She gushed. “I love it, thank you for the flowers and the necklace.”

“You’re welcome.” He smiled.

“Do you think you can help me with-?” Marigold pointed to the necklace.

“Oh, yeah,” he said, putting the necklace around her neck and securing the clip in the back.

“Thanks.”

“Of course.” He smiled.

Peter & Marigold, M+P

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Arith plucked his smartphone out of his pocket and scrolled to the first name in his contacts list. Time for his last good idea. If this didn’t work, all he had was a list of terrible ones, and he didn’t enjoy the thought of having to resort to those.

The phone rang twice. It felt like it went on for centuries. Arith knew. He’d lived through about forty of those.

“Angelic spaces are immune to curses, right?” Arith asked as soon as Iriel picked up the phone. The centuries had grown her accustomed to him, and the angel didn’t even break stride.

“Generally, yes.” Iriel responded, then seemed to notice the urgency in his voice, “Did someone curse you?” Internally, she wondered what sort of creature could even manage to properly curse a demon, even one of the barely-fallen sort like Arith.

“Worse.” Arith responded dryly, “I’m lucky.”

“You’re… lucky.” Iriel repeated, not comprehending, “And this is a problem?”

“Yes!”

“Wait, is this where that hot chocolate came from?”

“Yes. Now do you mind if I come over?” he asked quickly, shooing away another overeager neighbor at the door, “This is starting to drive me crazy.”

— Practically_An_Xman, Lucky