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Never After: The End of the Story

The Chronicles of Never After #5 / 5
by Melissa de la Cruz
Never After: The End of the Story (The Chronicles of Never After #5) by Melissa de la Cruz
⧗ 9.00 / 2
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Return to the land of Never After for the last time in the riveting conclusion to New York Times–bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz's hit middle-grade series perfect for fans of The Land of Stories books.

The Never After crew is back for a final epic adventure . . . With Queen Olga drawing ever nearer, Filomena and her friends race to find the last surviving fairy, Sabine, and protect her at all costs. For if Sabine dies, so does
all of Never After. Without a moment to lose, Filomena, Jack, Alistair, Gretel, and the rest of the gang―along with some new pals like Captain Hook―set off for Pan’s Neverland to find Sabine.

But even in Neverland, there’s mischief afoot. Pan is no ordinary boy, and the group discovers Sabine goes by another name in this mysterious realm: Tinker Bell! But trickster gods and undercover fairies are just the beginning for Filomena and her adventurous friends.

As Olga’s evil forces close in, will Filomena find a way to protect the magic of Never After once and for all, and ensure a happily-ever-after for the End of the Story?

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FantasyYoung AdultMiddle GradeRetellingsFairy Tale Retellings
Release date: December 3, 2024

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Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz writes as if she were holding open a hidden door, inviting readers into worlds where power, magic, and identity collide. Over the years she has become one of the most recognizable voices in contemporary fantasy and young adult literature, not only for the sheer number of her books but for the way they balance glamour with danger, myth with modern life.

She was born in Manila and moved to San Francisco as a teenager, an experience that shaped her sense of in-between spaces, what it means to leave one world behind while building another. At Columbia University she studied art history and English, fields that continue to echo through her work in the architectural details, cultural references, and historical flourishes she weaves into her novels.

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Her first major breakthrough came with Blue Bloods, a vampire series that reimagined Manhattan’s elite as eternal, secretive beings. From there, she turned to witches with Witches of East End, then to the children of Disney villains in the bestselling Isle of the Lost series, which became a cornerstone of the Descendants franchise. Across genres she gravitates toward themes of belonging, heritage, and the hidden costs of power, often told through characters who straddle multiple identities.

Beyond her fiction, Melissa has reshaped the literary landscape by co-founding the YALLFest and YALLWest festivals, creating spaces for teen readers and authors to connect, and launching her own imprint at Disney to spotlight diverse voices. Her books have appeared on The New York Times bestseller list many times, with Isle of the Lost alone spending over a year there.

Even with all the acclaim, her writing remains grounded in something deeply personal. In recent years, she has drawn more overtly from her Filipino heritage, as in The Encanto’s Daughter, where folklore and superstition become the fabric of fantasy rather than mere embellishment. The result is fiction that feels both expansive and intimate, a reminder that stories are strongest when they carry the weight of lived experience.

Melissa lives in West Hollywood with her husband and daughter, but her imagination lives everywhere, between cultures, within myths, and in the spaces where magic unsettles what we thought we knew.

The Chronicles of Never After

The Chronicles of Never After consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy (The Chronicles of Never After #1)
Unrated
Never After: The Stolen Slipper (The Chronicles of Never After #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Never After: The Broken Mirror (The Chronicles of Never After #3)
Unrated
Never After: The Missing Sword (The Chronicles of Never After #4)
★ 10.00 / 1
Never After: The End of the Story (The Chronicles of Never After #5)
⧗ 9.00 / 2


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