I've been a fan of this series since [b:The Winner's Curse|16069030|The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)|Marie Rutkoski|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1377023523s/16069030.jpg|21861552] and adore the interplay and fraught tension between the desires and needs of Arin and Kestrel and their respective people. I was really excited for the series finale, and while it was a worthy finale, I did not love it for personal reasons

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as I am not a fan of the "memory-loss trope" and I was overwhelmed with battle details that I didn't really care about

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However, Marie Rutkoski is a lovely wordsmith, and I really did care what happened to these two in the end. I will give this a re-read soon.