In the final volume of Carson's trilogy, the 17-year-old sorcerer-queen will travel into the unknown realm of the enemy to win back her true love, save her country, and uncover the final secrets of her destiny. Elisa is a fugitive in her own country. Her enemies have stolen the man she loves in order to lure her to the gate of darkness. As she and her daring companions take one last quest into unknown enemy territory to save Hector, Elisa will face hardships she's never imagined. And she will discover secrets about herself and her world that could change the course of history. She must rise up as champion - a champion to those who have hated her most. Riveting, surprising, and achingly romantic, Rae Carson has spun a bold and powerful conclusion to her extraordinary trilogy.
The conclusion to this trilogy was pretty good. The plot reminded me some of the first book in that it's a journey story with a good deal of traveling. Theoretically, I liked the unexpected things like her finding out her purpose because it meant all the grand sorts of things she did were because of who she was and not her Godstone, even though there's no way she could have done them without it. Not a great picture of faith, but a good thing for young girls to believe their capable of extraordinary things. But emotionally they weren't really satisfying.
I liked the romance because too often characters only get together at the very last moment and I enjoyed getting to experience Hector and Elisa struggle through so much of this with one another.
The characters overall were pretty good. I love Red and Storm.
And I liked that there was a smart and satisfying conclusion to this trilogy. Even though there isn't a lot I love in these books I like that they feel different than most YA, a little more like a classic [a:Robin McKinley|5339|Robin McKinley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1314406026p2/5339.jpg] just not quite as good.
