** spoiler alert ** 
 3.5 stars. This was the best book in the series and had some of the most entertaining episodes particularly the briefcase. 
 What I liked was the solid transformation of Quentin from the first book to the last and the episode between him and Alice. 
 My biggest complaint is still the characters. Grossman had a chance to make Janet a truly exciting part of the series but after one anecdote her relevance died. Josh and Poppy were useless and served no purpose except offering more bodies, they weren't even likable anymore. 
 The climax was wrapped up way too easily and neatly. There wasn't much of a struggle everything just sort of fell into place and once Quentin saved the world the group didn't seem to even acknowledge it. I mean he just saved the world they gave up on and they couldn't even thank him?