Eugenie, the BAD-ASS 
 In this case I would say it's, Eugenie, the Lame Ass. 
 Notice: I don't feel like typing html every other sentence to hide spoilers & I refuse to censor myself. Be forewarned, you may find spoilers. 
 Instead of a coherent review I am just going to spill whatever comes to mind. 
 First, I will say that I love Richelle Mead. She has been my favorite author for a long time. I am rethinking this right now. She still is at the top, but holding on by the tips of her fingernails. 
 To me this book just screamed, filler, as if the author was forced to write a book by her publisher (or was under contract) to end a series she fell out of love with. 
 The introduction of new characters was pointless. Most of the time when she wasn't out adventuring with Dorian and their minions, it read as a grocery list. I went to the store to buy some warm clothing. Does every sweater have to have a snow flake on it? Our candy run was stopped short. Let's go baby stuff shopping... etc.. Or all of the nonsense with the people who were watching her children. Total filler, bullshit! 
 There were two Shit, didn't see that coming, moments! One: Her Nephew being the true Storm King Heir. The other being that Fox-Face douche wasn't the father to her twins. Both of these things are what kept me from giving this book 1 star. & both of these issues were just thrown at us so fast and underused as a storyline plot. I am disappointed in this fact. I almost wish I had never read the story at all. 
 The fact that Eugenie left her children to be raised by strangers is gross, but added to the fact that it goes against the mythology of the series. First, Eugenie was angry when she found out that she was half Shining One and not wholly human. Her stepfather had to teach her to be a Shaman to control her powers. This is my issue, yes if the twins were half human as would have occurred if She and Fox-face made them, they would have been safe in the human world. But, they are at least 3/4 Fae. They would have issues with living in the human world, metals would hurt them and they would need to be in the otherworld to feel connected to their brethren. So they can't stay there. Also,Dorian isn't an idiot, the lovely pictures that will grace their presence will tip him off that the twins are his children. & this whole thing could change how they view their parents making them a danger to the human populous, plus their emerging powers. This could bring about a new prophecy. How about the fact that the shining one's age slower then humans. & it's doubtful that Fox-face and his lovely girlfriend will keep that lil ditty about Dorian being the father to themselves. They will use it the first chance it benefits them. So this entire section of the storyline was total bullshit, filler, retardation, waste of print, insult to our intelligence. 
 Another set of issues brings me to the notion that Richelle Mead just lost her mind. Several pages of the last chapter were dedicated to shopping in Arizona for baby items to be placed at Eugenie's parents' home. This was to set up a confrontation with Kiyo on the street. What made this completely useless is the fact that the twins are staying in Alabama, there was no need for baby items in Arizona. Eugenie also wasted her time gallivanting around Arizona instead of spending that small amount of time left with her children. This was a huge screw up for our writer. It was to create word count and a confrontation with Kiyo. It also wasted the precious conclusion to a well loved series. 
 The enemy of this book was completely forgettable. The whole series surrounded the Storm King prophecy and Maiwenn/Kiyo pursuit to stop the inevitable at any cost. The Storm King has been dead since the creation of the series making Maiwenn the true nemesis. This however, with the completion of the series was left unresolved. Mead stated in a blog that she wanted to end the series in an unexpected way. You can end a series unexpectedly but not by leaving the main premise unresolved. Yes, reading a series is about the journey. This journey however made the ending less then the beginning, leaving me feeling like, "So What? Why did I bother?" 
 The Storm King Prophecy was also just a blip in the book. It was the whole premise of the series and it's conclusion was, maybe 15 pages, if that. 
 I didn't expect or demand a happy ever after for our characters. What I did expect was resolution. The protagonist digressed personally, she became immature and irrational. Frankly, I don't think I even care for her anymore. The enemy plotted, betrayed, murdered, and were never bought to any form of justice. The children that were so important for 4 books, we don't even know what became of them. The kingdoms that Eugenie was Queen of were not even mentioned at the end. What was the resolution to Dorian and Eugenie's relationship? How about Jasmine? 
 We are left with Eugenie leaving her twins up permanently to a couple in Alabama that no one even knows. Magically, people just want to take in a strangers children no questions asked. She hides them away trying to keep them safe from Maiwenn/Kiyo. Umm, Eugenie is supposed to be a badass. Maiwenn/Kiyo have been attacking you repeatedly for 4 books. You, who kill anything in your path. Um, how about you just have someone sneak in and finish them off? Oh, let me guess, your conscience will get in the way. Well, enjoy living without your children forever, cowardly bitch. Hope your conscience is clear as you lay next to Dorian and sleep at night while keeping his children from him. You are supposed to have all this power and the iron crown. Maybe, you could threaten Maiwenn with the crown. Tell her that is she doesn't leave you alone you will break her bond with her kingdom. Hmm, I bet that would work! 
 See what I mean? Did Richelle Mead go insane when she wrote this book? 
 What saved the story for me was Dorian and Volusian, their personalities are awesome to read. This saddens me, proving that Mead can write engaging characters that draw you in and stay with you. I know this for fact with her other series'. 
 The best parts of the book were rushed and ended abruptly with no true climax. The main storyline was weak and boring, you could almost remove that from the book and the story wouldn't change. The parts with Eugenie and the twins with the strangers were creepy and unnecessary. The ending with Dorian was very nice, but sad that she still doesn't trust him with the truth. 
 Overall I am extremely disappointed. I waited to read this book because I knew disappointment was on the horizon. I was captivated while I was actually reading because I wanted to know what happened to the cast of characters. When I wasn't reading I was down right pissed! & this feeling continues to grow as the minutes pass since I completed the book. 
 My thoughts: If Richelle Mead didn't want to write this series any longer, because clearly there was life left into it, it wasn't ready for a blow off book. She should have wrote something with less filler and more substance to the mythology and series premise. overall we all were short changed, the series was short changed, the prophecy was short changed. I am just saddened by this. 
 Only thing that could have been worse is if she just killed every character in the series. Frankly, not writing a finale would have been better. My time wouldn't have been wasted & my patience wouldn't have been tested! 
 THEORY TIME! 
 I think that Mead plans to write a spin off. My guess on the spin off is for it to be in the Young Adult genre. She left all this unresolved so that our twin protagonists will find out that the Alabamians were not their parents and that they are Prince & Princess of 3 Faerie Kingdoms. The story will be their journey. My guess is because Mead sucks at writing adult fiction. She shines in the Young Adult Genre. I am willing to bet a Million Bucks on this, not only on the spin off but the premise as well. I guess I will have to wait and see...