Wow, this final book is a wild ride. I think you'll either love it or hate it. It's been so long since I read the first two books. Even after reading recaps, I was still lost for the first quarter of the book. Too many characters in too many different time periods to keep track. Add in a nonlinear timeline and good luck keeping up.

As I got into the story, I started to remember why I liked the first two books so much. It was mostly unpredictable, but I like the direction it headed. Then about 2/3rds of the way in, it took a weird turn. It almost became a horror rather than fantasy. I was really hating it at that point.

Then came the finale which I couldn't have ever guessed. I think it was so jarring in tone, but I loved it. I'm sad for Kelsea and her guards, which were my favorite characters, but I think it was a great ending. It saved the book in my opinion.

I heard after the success of the first book that Emma Watson had signed on to play Kelsea. I wonder if the movie will change now that the final book is out.

This one is strange and not my normal type of book, but I liked it. I skimmed some of the gory parts, but those were balanced out by all the great digs at retail as big business. After working retail for several years in several different stores and in different roles, I liked the retail humor throughout the book.

Whoa, I learned some crazy stuff in this book. From the horrific scientific experiments during the holocaust to the treatment of mentally ill people in the 1900's to the ice pick lobotomy, this book was eye opening. I skimmed here and there when it got repetitive or the author got off on tangents, but overall this was a great read.

It's me in cartoon form! I just need to get a rabbit :)

This sucked me right in. I love how the story is told through one mom's point of view in the present and the two daughters' points of view through glimpses of the past. The flashes of the past really help build the characters and show some jarring differences with how the parents view their daughters.

There are a few twists. I saw a couple coming, but I was surprised with the ending. I think it would have been better if

Spoiler

no one noticed that the daughters had been misidentified and Rory woke up as Arden and then lived her life as Arden when Arden died as Rory

, but I think that ending would have been more upsetting to readers.