Fiona is struggling, everyone has these high expectations of her and it's too much when she still has trauma to process. She's started self harming and why does it matter? She can heal herself with her new gift. She's not "one of those girls with a problem". Nearing the end maybe she realises she does have a problem, when her powers are fading she still self harms even though she can't heal. It's become a routine of hers. I hope she can find the help she needs in the next book. I won’t get too much into the plot as I worry about spoiling the first two books, which I so want more people to read, but I think this was the perfect rounding off of the series. Ik was er zo klaar voor om dit boek fantastisch te vinden, verdorie! All Our Hidden Gifts had beter een standalone kunnen zijn in plaats van een trilogie. Aaron was een hele toffe tegenstander in boek één en een van de dingen die ik het tofst vind aan boek drie, is dat Dorey basically Aaron uit boek één is. Nu is zijn hele persoonlijkheid ineens anders en snap ik geen bal meer van zijn gift. Hetzelfde geldt voor Dorey trouwens, hoe is haar kracht een vorm van ‘zien’? En ik vond haar dreiging niet supervoelbaar. Meer show in plaats van tell had waarschijnlijk geholpen. Decided to read this one because I wanted something to pull me in and the first book had no problem doing that. Despite this one mostly focusing on the Children of Brigid slowly taking over the town, I found it was not as tough a read as I was expecting. Yes there are scenes of homophobia, gender policing, and slut shaming, but there is also a big problem the characters are trying to solve while they try to avoid the "scary" cultists. There are scenes where they have to interact with the cultists, but the reader is not subjected to unnecessary awful descriptions just for the sake of it.

Ik kon ook niet echt meegaan in dat Aaron ineens een integraal onderdeel uitmaakt van de groep en dat iedereen vriendjes met elkaar is. De liefdesdriehoek had voor mij al helemaal niet gehoeven. Daar ben ik nooit fan van. Ook hier: meer show in plaats van tell had waarschijnlijk geholpen. Instead, a lot of completely random, unfitting/uncharacteristic and plain confusing storylines are introduced, some of which I‘m still trying to wrap my head around. Since this is the finale to the trilogy, I‘m not going to go into detail to avoid spoiling those who haven’t read the book yet. Even the final battle between the group and Dorey felt so rushed and anticlimactic that it left me feeling frustrated and a little upset. Maeve isn't a perfect character. In fact, I disliked a lot of the decisions she made in the past. But she grew on me while she learnt from her mistakes.This is one of my favourite series because it combines my love for urban fantasy (especially witchy novels), intersectional feminism and queer characters. Don't worry, this is a spoiler free review. the only issues (not really issues but words are failing me currently) i have with this book are i think maeve could’ve definitely resolved more with her parents. we don’t really see them and then she has that one conversation with them and that’s it and it definitely wasn’t enough to wrap up things with them. i also don’t understand how they weren’t more concerned when they woke up to 50 calls from the police station but i suppose that’s not a major issue it’s just me being pedantic.

Fiercely, furiously good. An utterly seductive read. -- Melinda Salisbury The talented O'Donoghue turns her hand to young adult fiction with this engrossing story of tarot, magic and teen friendship that recalls the best of Diana Wynne-Jones. - The i The whole weird homophobic cult was just something that was completely out of the blue. I think it was a very unnecessary enemy and really I think the author should’ve focused more on the magic and the characters and them investigating.I loved reading every second of this wonderful book. It takes place in Ireland which was a lovely setting. Aside from the incredible plot I adored and admired Caroline O’Donoghue’s discussions on so many important themes and current political issues with an overarching themes of acceptance. Through the characters we see them discover the freedom to be their authentic self which is where they feel their most powerful. Discussions include self-discovery of sexuality and gender, challenges of low self esteem and desire for popularity, discrimination due to race - again an overarching theme of characters stepping away from being the person it seems the world wants them to be.

The plot weaves many subplots together that work perfectly. The characters all brought something different to the story, they were three-dimensional, complex characters that all had their own issues and demons. I loved the magic element of the book too. Now I liked Maeve don't get me wrong, she's kinda relatable but I was just so much more interested in everyone else. Lily was actually my favourite character, she was relearning to be human and her emotions weren't quite the same as they once were, she doesn't understand that there are things she shouldn't do. She electrocuted a magpie and didn't understand why it was wrong. She was unafraid of others because why should she, if she can just electrocute anyone she wants. She had the Children of Brigid shaking. I did enjoy them having a sort of morally grey/gray friend in their group but it was also nice her warming up to Maeve and expressing more human emotions. Caroline O'Donoghue’s All Our Hidden Gifts is an accomplished debut - the first in what’s set to be an exhilarating quartet exploring friendship, love, responsibility, and the repercussions of supernatural gifts. Thrilling, funny, and tingling with the intrigue of ancient magic, tarot cards, and a troubling disappearance, it’s a multi-layered, myth-infused inclusive mystery that will have fans of edgy contemporary YA utterly enthralled. But Lily doesn't come to school on Monday. Or Tuesday. It's not until Wednesday that the police show up.The book’s ending leaves the door open for a sequel, and readers are sure to clamor for one. . . . All Our Hidden Gifts is grounded and realistic, even when it’s got a foot in the supernatural, and it captures the complex, emotional nature of teen relationships with ease. Maeve and her friends are still reeling in the aftermath of the second books out-comes, the choices they made and the outcomes of the same. Riddled with trauma, and slowly fracturing as both their coping mechanisms slowly start to pull them apart from one another, they come to realise that the infamous “Housekeeper” spirit has her eyes set on them. Both individually and as a group they are forced to make choices that will affect their lives forever, all to keep their home town safe. Maeve Chambers always feels out of place in her family of academically proficient people. Everyone hides a hidden talent though and Maeve’s happens to fall in the category of magic and witchcraft.

In general, I think it was a more introspective book than the first, less about doing something and more about the feelings that everything in book one had dredged up. Yes, they still had to fight bad guys, but that felt less of a focus for the most part. And that was great, to me. Books that look at consequences of saving x, y and z are the most interesting of books, and that was the case here. Maeve doesn't always say the right things. But she learns so much throughout the story. And I think that's so important: to show progress. Roe and other queer people help her understand trans identities. In a time of typewriters and steam engines, Iris Winnow awaits word from her older brother, who has enlisted on the side of Enva the Skyward goddess. Alcohol abuse led to her mother’s losing her job, and Iris has dropped out of school and found work utilizing her writing skills at the Oath Gazette. Hiding the stress of her home issues behind a brave face, Iris competes for valuable assignments that may one day earn her the coveted columnist position. Her rival for the job is handsome and wealthy Roman Kitt, whose prose entrances her so much she avoids reading his articles. At home, she writes cathartic letters to her brother, never posting them but instead placing them in her wardrobe, where they vanish overnight. One day Iris receives a reply, which, along with other events, pushes her to make dramatic life decisions. Magic plays a quiet role in this story, and readers may for a time forget there is anything supernatural going on. This is more of a wartime tale of broken families, inspired youths, and higher powers using people as pawns. It flirts with clichéd tropes but also takes some startling turns. Main characters are assumed White; same-sex marriages and gender equality at the warfront appear to be the norm in this world. All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue is a contemporary fantasy set in Ireland about friendships, old and new, love, family and magic all mixed in a cauldron (with hints of the movie “The Craft”).Review: Another fast paced, plot filled book that I’ll be recommending until the end of time. The Gifts That Binds Us enriches the story of the first book and provides a much deeper exploration of the friendship group and the struggles they individually face. Oh, what a brilliant ending to a brilliant series. I don’t tend to read much YA anymore, but this series reminds me that there are some absolute gems within the genre, that really can be read and enjoyed at any age. While Maeve is in the cupboard listening to a Walkman she stumbles upon some tarot cards. Once she takes them home Maeve learns as much as she can in how to deal with the tarot cards and what each one means. what words do you have for one of your favorite series coming to a beautiful end? every gift a curse marks the end of caroline o’donoghue’s incredible all our hidden gifts trilogy: a deeply irish story of magic, friendship, religion, and justice, bound together by the tarot and story of life written across its cards. these characters feel like friends now, and leaving them behind is bittersweet. i can only hope that we might return to them one day, if only for a moment, just to see how they’re getting on.