We've read it - and we've got to say, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has got to be the best of the Harry Potter books yet! Congratulations, J.k. Rowling! Like millions of fans, we too were waiting with bated breath for the book to come out in stores. Our pre-order arrived on the morning of the 21st (no order screwups there), and we deigned not to read the New York Times and Salon spoiler reviews until we read it.

As the final drama in the seven book series, all the major themes introduced in the story arc get resolved quite cleanly - and in an action-packed way. This book is much darker than the other books, as it is clear that Harry Potter is getting older and that he is growing into a world that is not as simple as the establishment wants it to seem. In fact, the establishment goes out of its way to suppress the populace and any liberal ideas, a psychological success of Lord Volde, I mean, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

With Dumbledore dead, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and the Order of the Phoenix must battle the growing societal influence of the Death Eaters and of Voldemort, who not only prescribe racial purity and hate politics, but take over Hogwarts - the children's former sanctum. To combat this evil, the teenagers drop out of school (was that a bombshell?) and figure out how to bring down Voldemort, with the help of Dumbeledore's post-mortem gifts and wisdom.

The book teems in rich detail of the past, introducing tumultuous and complicated histories of people who we once accepted as unilaterally good. No one escapes the taint of doubt and greed, but some rise above it all. Are Snape and Malfoy bad? Were Dumbledore and Harry's parents always shining bastions of good? And finally, what are the Deathly Hallows?

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With travels to the Ministry of Magic, the Quidditch Cup forest, Luna Lovegood's crazy house, Hogwarts and dozens of other locations, the trio cover lots of old ground in new ways. While not steeped in arcana like other fantasy writers, Rowling manages to please all the fans with these historical tidbits, and instill in newcomers the broad hint that there is much more in the Harry Potter Universe. It is a mark of her skill that despite claims that her prose is "sturdy" (which is true in my eyes, but does not detract from the book at all), she has introduced millions of children to the world of reading that might not delve into it at all.

Read the book, and don't read the last chapter first - you need to experience the love, honor and respect created within the rest of the book in order to understand what happens at the end. I won't tell you if Harry Potter dies, but I will tell you that several major characters do die, and that Harry gets caught snogging Ginny again... whoops. My bad.

- Byron, Resident Entertainment Reviewer

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