I love the character of Elisa. She is smart, kind and loving, but she also makes hard decisions to save her friends and her kingdom. I also enjoyed the romance between Hector and Elisa. It wasn't perfect all the time, but there wasn't any manufactured drama to keep them apart. 
 I enjoyed the first two books of this trilogy more than this one, and I can't quite figure out why. I think it might be perhaps that Elisa's journey of self-discovery was so wonderful, especially in the first book, and by this third book, she understood who she was. 
 Still, the Bitter Kingdom was a satisfying end to a very well-written trilogy.