A terrific finish to a very strong trilogy. Be warned, though - if you're expecting a shiny, happy ending where everybody (that we like, anyway - the ones who matter) gets to go off and live happily ever after now that Evil has been Vanquished, with exciting risk but no real consequences for our principals? You clearly haven't been paying attention. There are some genuinely touching and tender moments in the book, but it's also willing to show the awful price of war with a clarity that honestly surprised me a little in its willingness to have that much darkness in a YA book. And no spoilers (though if you've a nasty untrusting mind like mine, you may at least form some suspicions), but it turns out that the Capitol isn't the only menace lurking about - because clearly Katniss didn't have enough on her plate already, of course. The war is hard-fought with plenty of exciting action, but time is still found to leaven the darkness and violence with simply human moments as well. And ultimately, while the ending is bittersweet to say the least, it also simply feels... right, in an important way. In a way, I don't envy Collins - she's going to have a devil of a time following this one up.