*I received a free ecopy of this book via Barclay Publicity in exchange for an honest review.*

Reading this book was kind of bittersweet because it’s always a little sad when series you love end, but wow! What an action-packed conclusion to Piper’s action-packed story.

As usual, the plot flowed so naturally and had me hooked, and the characters were the same ones I’ve come to know and love, but with more growth this time. Piper seemed more mature in this one, and relationships between Piper and other characters (romantic, friends, family, etc.) progressed really nicely and were really touching. *SPOILER ALERT* I was so happy that Piper’s father finally stared treating her with the respect she deserved so that they could finally have a real relationship, and I thought it was so sweet that Miysis took her mother’s body to give it a proper send-off. *END SPOILER ALERT* Oh, and the explanation for why Piper no longer felt the Nightmare Effect with Ash was so adorable I literally squealed!

This book even had more emotion in some ways than the previous two books because of the relationships in the book, but emotion from all the characters, not just Piper. We got to learn a little more about Ash and Lyre this time, and the two of them went through struggles and traumas of their own.

I also loved getting to know more about the draconians, individually and as a caste. They were always described as so ridiculously terrifying yet so intimidatingly beautiful all at once, but their lives and history were also fascinating. And I was particularly fascinated by Raum because I just couldn’t quite figure him out. He was clearly not a bad guy, but he was kind of a gray character, and sometimes he surprised me or made me want to know more about him.

Overall though, this book did an amazing job of wrapping everything up nicely without leaving loose ends. (Though thankfully it didn’t go too far in the other direction either with an epilogue about everyone being married with children.) This whole series has been an intense, fun journey, and I’m so glad I went along for the ride!