** spoiler alert ** I have postponed reading this final book for years. It's the final book in the series and the whole series was really hard to trudge through. The only reason I finished them is because they've been sitting on my shelves for years and I was determined to finish it. However, I wish I hadn't bothered. The ending was very anti-climatic. Everything was solved but in a weird way. Irvine really dragged the ending out too much and just didn't execute the ending well. All four books were only mediocre. I've read too many fantastic books in my life to be okay with so-so ones.

However, it wasn't all bad. He threw in a few surprises and you get very attached to your characters in the book. If you have a lot of time to kill and enjoy fantasy then I would read it. If not, read something else on your shelf first.