Utterly wonderful! Now THAT was a 5 star read. This book is a perfect ending to the series and in my opinion elevated the series substantially. There's no real new characters here as we've been introduced to all of them one way or another but truly they are fleshed out in this 800+ page conclusion. Meyer was able to gather all strings in her hand and wove it beautifully. This book does have a moment half-way that feels like an epic intermission and if this is ever adapted to a movie I can see exactly where they will break it. Seeing all the themes and plots happening here I should think this would be a relief. My favorite character continued being Scarlet but I found a great appreciation for Cinder that I just did not feel before and I ended up really loving her and rooting for her by the end. If you read Cinder and are still on the fence about continuing please do, it gets SO much better and Meyer really evolves as a storyteller which I think is brilliant.