“The monster stood not a tongue’s length away, eyes fixed on our throats, shriveled brain crowded with fantasies of murder.”

From Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children: Library of Souls.

Jacob’s world has been turned upside down so many times that he’s having trouble keeping track of what life was like a few weeks ago, before he knew that he was peculiar and could see the invisible monsters that hunted other peculiars.  Jacob and Emma have been separated from the other children from Miss Peregrine’s home, but they have also been reconnected with the (peculiar) talking dog, Addison.  It quickly becomes clear to the odd trio that the only path to saving their friends will lead them through many dangers and loops, including an evil loop called Devil’s Acre where the worst of peculiar-kind and Wights have chosen to live.  Also, Jacob’s abilities to see Hollows seems to be developing into the ability to control them; if he can learn how to control his peculiarity, he might just be able to save Miss Peregrine, all his friends, and himself, but every Hollow he meets seems stronger than the last.  On every step of their journey, Jacob and Emma meet new peculiars, both good and bad, that help expose the mysterious events surrounding the dark lore and legends of peculiars everywhere; it will be up to Jacob to stop Caul’s destructive plan and save his friends… because time is quickly running out.

This third book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series opens immediately where the previous book ended, and it uses that starting momentum to carry the exciting story all the way to the end.  The action is intensified greatly in this book, removing the dry lulls that were distracting in the first two novels.  The pictures, are again, the real binding for the story, an anchor point for the reader’s imagination to take in the rest of the story.  Library of Souls is a fantastic read from start to finish and a solid end to the series thus far.