I warred between 4 stars and 5 stars for my rating on this book, so I suppose I'll give it 4.5 and round up. There were some parts where this book slogged, but the last 200 pages made up for everything. I love these characters. I'm going to have to hold off for a while before beginning book three to read some YA literature to booktalk to my classes, but I don't' want to wait. I can't wait to read the next 1000 some-odd pages, so that's a ringing endorsement, right?