*EDIT* 
 Upon further pondering this finale, I have come to the conclusion that it's not *quite* as good as I originally thought. When I first read it, I rushed through it, eagerly absorbing each page. I accepted everything that happened without a single thought because I was so excited that I focused on the story, and didn't question a thing. 
 While I still adored this finale, I would say that instead of the original 5 stars, I would give this more like a 4.3. For reference, I believe I gave ACOTAR 4.5 and ACOMAF 5(times a million). And I have my reasons why ACOWAR just didn't quite meet the same level as its predecessor. 
 1. Everyone and their dog within the friend circle was getting paired up. NEWS FLASH: Not everyone needs to be in a relationship. I say this with chagrin because it annoys me, but at the same time, I am a sucker for characters getting together. That said, it still doesn't need to be every character, mostly characters from same inner circle, and mostly hetero at that. 
 2. Sacrifices MEAN SOMETHING. I'm not saying I wanted any of the characters to die. But it's WAR. A huge, brutal, magical war and PEOPLE DIE. Sacrifices are made, but reversing said sacrifices makes them mean NOTHING. Authors need to get over the whole "I can't kill my characters, can't keep them dead, etc." thing because no one dying in war is UNREALISTIC and bringing the dead back to life is OVERDONE and cheapens the actual death. 
 There was still plenty to love about this book, and I am still utterly obsessed with the world and I on't know how I am going to survive until 2018 when a companion novel is released. After that, all I have to say is I am hoping fervently that it is a Nessian side novel because yaaaaaaaas OTP loooooove. 
 *ORIGINAL* 
 The book was EVERYTHING I hoped for, although maybe it should have came with a free box of tissues because the amount of snot and tears I shed was horrifying. 
 ACOTAR series is easily on my favorites, and ACOWAR was the cherry on the ice cream. 
 Now the question is HOW am I supposed to wait and LIVE without having more until 2018?