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My absolute favourite in the series has to be the revelation at the end of Hunt the Moon. It suddenly made everything fall into place and make sense, and rounded off a topic both highly relevant to the plot and very important to Cassie.

“My power wasn’t some alien thing, I thought, watching the sky in wonder. It wasn’t borrowed from another or stolen from a better candidate. There was no better candidate; there never would be. It had flowed away from Myra as soon as it saw me, like the tide when the moon comes out. Because it was mine—it was mine; it knew it was mine.” – Karen Chance, Hunt the Moon.

The revelation had such a cathartic, enlightening effect (literally enlightening too, note KC’s pathetic fallacy in relation to the Moon in the scene), and as Cassie’s thoughts summarize, she has finally understood her place in the world, accepted her role as her own, and found herself. Such an amazingly pivotal moment, coming so surprisingly late in the series (book 5!), it really raises huge questions as to what other major bombshells the series has in store.

I view the whole series as Cassie learning who she is.  i don’t agree with all the romance people who see the triangle and root for one person or the other.  Cassie is who I root for.  And Cassie has a completely unique viewpoint.  And as Cassie grows into her own, she going to keep making choices that make people mad.  But in this book she realizes, finally, that it isn’t about the party or the dress, or even who her mother is.  Its about her.  Its about finding that one place to stand.  If you die, you die.  But Cassie is the Pythia.  Period.  End of Report.  F*ck everyone else.  and we see more of that in the later books…I can’t wait to see what happens next.  And I totally root for Cassie when she says that she isn’t releasing anyone from their pledges and no one is dying for her damn it!