I liked this volume the least of the trilogy. I had few quibbles with the way the events played out, I just felt cheated by the ending. I felt like it was tacked on. It deserved much more attention, especially given the writer’s style and pace up until the last couple of chapters.

With that said, I liked this trilogy. The author relies a lot on folk tales for the supernatural creatures that appear throughout the books, and sometimes that reliance was a little too obvious. Her writing style requires patience-the narrative often gets lost in description-but I enjoyed the story. I just wanted more out of the ending. I felt like I’d invested in the story, and the first two books were far stronger than the last installment.