A wonderful wrap up to this trilogy. I loved all the old characters and again the new characters (or at least the ones that stepped up to bigger roles) were fantastic, particularly Opal. The story itself was great, well thought out and fun to read right up to the very end. Also, the connectiosn throughout were well done as well, like the bat being Yelena's spitit guide for the Master test and a few other thinsg like that sprinkled in that I didn't catch onto right away. The little surprises kept it interesting. I feel sometimes that trilogies are sometimes afraid to kill off characters or fizzle out because the ending isn't as good as all the build up (especially in the fantasy genre), but I think the author was successful with hers. I also found the idea of a "soulfinder" to be very original, I had never read a book with a magical ability like that before. The only thing is that, as is fairly common, there was a bit too much obvious focus on the larger themes the author was trying to get across and it would have been a better to keep the internal struglles and lessons learned more subtle. However, overall super enjoyable read. I am glad I got to know these characters and their story.