This trilogy was such a great idea! The story's underpinnings were solid, the characters were well-formed, and the worldbuilding and magic systems were super promising. Each book got better, and while there were still problems with the overall execution, I was tearing up at the resolution by the end of the 3rd book. While the author was clearly a new writer who would have benefited from a more brutal edit (the last book did not need to be over 600 pages), she made me feel for all of the characters, and I was happy with how it ended. Moving forward, and with further work on crafting her tales, the author will be someone to watch for in the romantic fantasy genre.