All the snippets of allegory came together in almost the way I expected, but not quite.

The overall outcome was hinted at throughout the series, though very subtly. That probably says a lot about my love for Leaf as well. I haven’t actually mentioned Suzy in any of my reviews, even though she’s one of the main characters. She’s just more engaging than Arthur, even when she’s not near any of the action. With Lord Sunday I returned to being bored by Arthur’s story and wanting to hear more about Leaf. But he didn’t, because why reveal big secrets when you could remain ambiguous and sit back as your world is being eaten by Nothing? Things may have turned out very differently if Arthur ever had the full story. Everyone’s trying to get Arthur on their side and yet they never once sit there and explain everything to him. This book feels much slower than Superior Saturday and I was constantly frustrated by the characters’ actions. It let me in a daze and even now, when I’ve had time to collect my thoughts, I can’t decide whether it was a great ending or the most annoying thing I’d ever read.

Meanwhile, Suzy Blue plots an escape from her prison in Saturdays’ tower, as battle rages above and below Leaf has to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear strike and the tide of Nothing continues its unstoppable surge through the House, destroying everything in its path … Alone in enemy territory, Arthur must battle not only Lord Sunday-last of the Trustees, and most powerful Denizen in the house-but also himself, as his mind and body are transformed by the power of the Keys. He may have wrested the Sixth Key from Superior Saturday, but he has fallen from the Incomparable Gardens fallen to somewhere entirely unexpected. Sunday is not a day of rest for Arthur Penhaligon.

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