Apart from the decisions she made with regard to her love life, Wendy didn't turn out so bad. I liked that she finally came into her own and that she really stood her ground and fought against the Vittra. What I didn't care for much was the fact that the guys kept saying things like Wendy shouldn't do this or that, and that they don't want to lose her. It was annoying. 
 Another thing that annoyed me was that there was a happy ending for everyone, like seriously, everyone. How can that be? If the stakes were so high in the first place, there shouldn't be happy endings left and right. This is Breaking Dawn all over again. 
 The epilogue was a bit of a joke. Apart from the ridiculous happy endings, there was also a continuation of the plot point introduced earlier in the novel. (view spoiler)[Apparently, it's a YA novel trend to include at least ONE sex scene and that happens in Ascend. I don't care if that happened, what frustrated me was that she got pregnant from it. I mean, it's not impossible for her to conceive but do we really need that in a novel? (hide spoiler)] 
 Overall, this is my first series from Amanda Hocking and obviously, she can write and given that this series was self-published, there's bound to be mistakes and she needs guidance. Still, I think there is potential in her writing and I'm interested in reading her new Watersong series.