Beyond the Veil (Zodiac Academy, #8.5)

This is the book you read with tissues nearby because you already know what happened in Sorrow and Starlight and you are not okay about it. Seeing Darius, Hail, Catalina, and the others watching over the living from beyond the Veil hits different when you have been with these characters for eight books. The pacing drags in places - it is a companion novella stretched to 500+ pages - but the emotional payoff of Darius watching over Tory is worth the slow stretches. Best consumed immediately after book 8 while you are still emotionally compromised.