The second book in this trilogy had me worried and I never cared for Rafe at any point, so all I can say is that I feel...vindicated? lol :) 
 I can see some people being upset at how things turned out, but to me, it seemed like the most mature, natural, and logical progression of things - both with regard to the kids' situation with the Cabals and with the romance. I might be biased because I've read all of Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld books, so I've never really seen this series as a "fight to the death against the Cabals" kind of story, as some others might think. Armstrong has never made the Cabals some kind of cookie cutter evil-queen/witch type of thing. There are good people and bad people associated with the Cabals and it was fun to see Sean show up here and of course, mention Savannah. 
 All in all, I didn't LOVE this trilogy the way that I loved the Darkest Powers trilogy, and there were some points during the first two books when I was pretty unsatisfied. Even the beginning of The Rising was somewhat slow, but I'm more influenced by whether or not the ending made me feel like it was all worth it. Normally, I'd only give 4 stars, but I have to admit that I added an extra just for Chloe and Derek :D