She's our lost princess. And she's coming home. 
 I am not sure what Winter did to deserve this rating. Its 800 pages made it a tad tedious, there were too many POVs and the ending made me angry (I'll get to that later). It was probably not even a 4-star read, maybe 3.75. But I never once considered putting it down, not even at 1am on my finals week, and that's got to count for something. 
 Marissa Meyer weaves her tales with easy precision. The pacing was good, I loved the #crew and their interactions and while the characterization of Cress and Jacin felt shoddy, all characters managed to keep their unique voices throughout the jungle of different POV's and conversations. 
 Now the bad stuff. It's fairytale retelling. I get it. But for a book centered around a rebellion, it sure focused a lot on kissing, making out, and lovingly staring into each other's eyes. It felt like Marissa Meyer tried too hard to please every single fan with their OTPs and the result was disgustingly sweet, too straight and just...not good. Every couple got their happy moments and is it spoilery to say also happy ending? I hated that so much. All that talk of the stakes being higher than ever, of not giving up, of how sacrifices might be necessary, and nothing came out of it. It was repeatedly mentioned how the people around Cinder were willing to die for her cause and for each other. Why didn't they? 
 Anyway. Somehow my negative paragraphs always turn out longer than the positive ones, but Winter was OK. While I won't be necessarily recommending it to all my friends, the entire series was funny, enjoyable and just, y'know. Good.