4.5 stars-- That Lila is SO unlike-able and sabotages everything she touches, but I could not stop reading to see what happens to her and Lenu. I found it interesting that their paths did diverge in this installment and that Lenu did some detective work to find out what happened to Lila when they were not communicating. Of course the ending had me shouting and thankful that the entire series is compete so that I can start Book 3 whenever I want and not have to wait years to see what happens next in this tale.