And its over. 
 Pulling last minute never-hinted-before romance doesn't make the book edgy or give the shock factor to the reader. It simply annoys them. 
 Surprisingly nothing much happens in the first half of this book either. Eragon's cousin goes to a battle, minor characters do lot of things I really didn't care about and Eragon finally has a conversation with Arya, the she-elf he has a crush on. 
 The ending is where you know where JK Rowling scored and Paolini didn't. Harry grows as a person, develops his ideas, opinions and point of views always in wise council of his friends and trusted elders. Eragon is more of an executioner of ideas as given to him by others, placing them together and it just works. Somehow the character falls short of expectation in final moments of war (and end of the story). 
 The battle is well written and in this case all the detailing actually helps. 
 Everything ends on a good note and after answering all lingering questions, the story finishes without addressing if Eragon and Arya did get together or not. 
 Or I may have missed it cause I skipped a lot of pages in this as it was getting boring and moreover pointless.