Prophecies, Horcruxes, R.A.B., Wormtail...the tea leaves are really scrambled on this one. Which is as it should be. But we know this: although they're enemies, Harry and Voldemort are so intimately linked that when one triumphs over the other, he will surely lose something in the process. The victory, when it comes, won't be a simple one.
TIME book critic Lev Grossman grabs an early copy of Deathly Hallows and finds it a sad but satisfying wrap-up to J.K. Rowling's seven-novel epic