I really LOVED how this book ended! Everything that needed to happen for me to be satisfied at the end of the trilogy... happened! I love it when an author doesn't disappoint, you know, like kill off a major character or make the ending not happy or something like that just for a final stinking twist. Everything came together nicely at the end, I was happy with everyone's fate, and I was excited during the final gate-opening. 
 That being said.... the ending being what I wanted it to be was the ONLY reason this book got 3 stars. 
 The writing was NOT spectacular in this book. Several things happened that were just thrown in there that had absolutely no lead up in previous books or even in this one. I don't want to say what they were to avoid spoilers, but they involve a suddenly cropping up romance out of nowhere with two integral characters and very specific conditions for the final gate opening. It was just like, "Oh yeah, this happened!" 
 Terrible writing example, "I want to kiss your brains out." Um. EW. Major ew and cringe-worthy. 
 Evie is the most hated main character I have ever read about. She is so selfish and so immature. "You're dying Ref? Sorry, I need to see my boyfriend. You fairies want out of our world and back to your own and there's a time crunch? I'm sorry, I'm not doing it unless it's my choice and I must be in control even though I don't know everything and have made a consistent mess of things in the past." That is how she was! She harmed SO many people around her and then got upset when it was pointed out that she was responsible. She totally blows off Arianna all the time with no guilty conscience. I simply hated her. In the middle of this book I thought I was going to rate it one star because of how stupid Evie is and how sickening her relationship with Lend is... I'm sorry, no relationship is that sappy perfect, I seriously wanted to vomit whenever they got all, "Oh I love you!" So dumb. 
 Anyway, I'm glad this series is over. The first book was excellent, the second book was your typical this-book-is-okay-and-I-can-tell-it's-just-the-filler-book, and the third was so full of selfish, pitiful Evelyn that I hated it until the long awaited and much satisfying ending came along and made everything the way I thought it should be.