Do you ever just cry? 
 Holy smokes my dudes, this series was amazing. Like for sure one of my new favourites and one I would highly recommend if you're interested in YA fantasy. I also really adored the audiobooks narrated by Philip Battley, so I'd definitely recommend those as well! (They're on Hoopla, which you can access with your library card, so!) 
 I was just so deeply attached to these characters. And genuinely fearful for their lives. The stakes in this book are so high and the outlook so grim and I just worried so much about them. It was hard to stop listening to this. The audiobook clocks in just under 11 hours (which, okay, I listen to at 1.5 times speed because hello) but I listened to like 70% of it in the course of one day. 
 While I think the second book in this trilogy is probably my favourite of the three, there's no doubt that this is a strong and satisfying conclusion to an exceptional series. 4.5 stars for sure!