It's a little sad to see this series end. I enjoyed the trilogy as a whole and it's strange that this is it. Forever picks up about two months after the end of Linger. Grace has been a wolf, on and off, for that time. I was glad to see the story not completely revolving around getting Grace back. I'm glad that there was more to the story. It really went in a direction that I wasn't expecting, but at the same time wasn't surprised about either. 
 I liked that Stiefvater didn't keep Grace and Sam apart for the whole book (I don't think that's too spoilery if I say it). I was afraid because they do have some misses that they were going to keep skirting each other until the end. 
 This book really addressed a lot of issues that we've been dealing with since, well, the beginning. But I do have to say that there was no concrete / definative solution for anything. I felt like we were just going through another at-the-moment conflict, but that nothing was solved long term. I did feel as though the long term solutions were things coming after the events of the story. Things that the readers would be able to envision in their own imaginations. Stiefvater cetainly sets things up in a positive way so I can only imagine that our characters are going on with their lives, and everything will turn out for the best. You can certainly see where everyone is kind of leaning by the end of the book. 
 I was a little thrown off in the beginning of the book. I didn't go back and read Shiver and Linger beforehand and maybe it would have helped if I had done so. I was really thrown off by Isabelle. Her character, for me, was unnecessarily angry and mean for half of the book. I know that she has a strong perosnality in what we've seen previsouly from her, but in this book she just seemed out of the blue. I know that she's gone through things (like all of our characters in the series), but for some reason her early actions in the book seemed very random. She did get better prgressively throughout the book, but I like her character and I would have enjoyed it more if I could have liked her character throughout the whole book. 
 I think that Cole was great in this book. He kind of came out of nowhere in Linger, and with that book I was not sure I liked it at first, but he grew on me. Then in this book he really steps up for me. He really became someone who had a purpose and wasn't trying to destroy themselves because they didn't care anymore. 
 Sam and Grace have always seemed just in their own world, but I think that's the point. They are Same and Grace. It seems that they are the standard by which the other characters judge. Sometimes I don't understand the things they do (being an impartial third party reader that is), but they seem to understand each other, and in that what their characters both work for me in the end. You can really tell they have no doubts about one another and you see other characters that see it too, so I guess that translates well to the reader (i.e. me). 
 I do have to say that I love Maggie Stiefvater's way of writing. The series is written so beautifally, it sets it apart from other "YA" books out there. The writing is so intricate, I don't think I realized this until this book, however, and upon looking back I know that it's true. The Wolves of Mercy Falls are the only books that I've read by Stiefvater, but I have others on my TBR pile, and I can just hope that they are written as well as this series. 
 As I said before it's sad to see a series end. I wish that it could go on a bit longer, but I think that Stiefvater had a plan and it's good that she stuck with it. That, too, is also nice to see. It's not just about what the fans want (because I'm sure there are a lot of fans who don't want it to end either), it's about what's good for the story, and I think that the story ended on a positive note with endless possibilities for the furture. That's a good way to go.