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➽ The Empty Grave was the finale of the Lockwood & Co. series and I was so sad to see it ending! The stakes are high as five months after the events of The Creeping Shadow, Lucy and her friends are digging into the secrets of the Fittes agency. Ever since the Skull told them that Penelope Fittes might actually be her grandmother Marissa - the legendary Listener who held conversations with Type Three spirits - Lockwood & Co. has been trying to find proof. There's something strange going on with Fittes and the problem, but it's still the most powerful agency in London, so they have to tread lightly. With DEPRAC's regulations getting tighter and Fittes and Rotwell intimidating smaller agencies, things are getting more complicated. I liked seeing the tensions between Lockwood & Co. and the Fittes agency rising, as they have much less power and Penelope Fittes has powerful allies.

➽ I liked that Lucy, George, Lockwood, Holly, Kipps and even Flo Bones all come together in order to uncover the true heart of the Problem! It was great seeing all of them together again and how they supported each other, as they had no one else to rely on. It was a relief that Lucy and Holly have finally found some common ground in the end and sort of become friends after all. I wasn't a big fan of Kipps when he was first introduced, but he had grown on me as the series went on! As an adult, he has now lost his sight and is standing against his former employer, the Fittes agency! Lockwood and him used to be at each other's throats, but now have a common enemy. The book was suspenseful from start to finish and definitely left me emotional!

I liked the reveal that the Problem was man-made after all and Marissa's greed caused everything. By keeping the spirits from moving on and using their power to keep herself young, she created a world overrun by ghosts. It was also interesting that she connected with her own Type Three spirit when she was very young. It made me wonder if teens could always see ghosts pre-Problem and it wasn't talked about much because it didn't happen as often (as most spirits would have naturally moved on). In the end, it's the Skull that sacrifices itself and not Lockwood, a nice subversion of the signs Lucy was getting and how they didn't apply to who she thought. I liked how things ended, but if you were looking for any romantic resolutions between Lockwood and Lucy, you'd be disappointed. In that way, the ending is more of a cliffhanger, as nothing concrete happens.

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Like millions of other people, I watched “Lockwood & Co” when it debuted on Netflix and got hooked. Once I found out that it was based on a YA book series, I immediately put them at the top of my TBR.

The fifth and final book in the series, “The Empty Grave,” is an amazing book. It continues the share eerie aspects of the ghost problem that’s been plaguing England for 50 years. Over the course of the series, the characters have been trying to investigate the root of The Problem and “The Empty Grave” solves that mystery with a tremendous twist ending.

Truthfully, I don’t want to review any more of the book because I refuse to accept that the “Lockwood & Co” series is over with just five books (the ending was excellent and satisfying to readers, I just want more!).

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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