I am going to be completely honest, I wasn't always going to give this five stars. I was going to give it three. But then the ending. Oh boy that ending. 
 THE MIDNIGHT STAR picks up after Adenlina has been ruling for a while as "The White Wolf." The mortal world is decaying, as are the Young Elites themselves, their powers slowly killing them. The only solution is for them to band together and enter the Underworld and return their powers to the gods. 
 I honestly was a little skeptical of this plotline, as (to my recollection) the first two books mentioned the gods only in passing, and din't really delve into their importance to the Young Elites other than their alignments. I took the story of Joy falling from the heavens as a myth, not fact. I would have given this three stars if not for the ending which, of course, was amazing. I was beginning to lose hope, but Marie Lu did a great job of bringing Adelina closure while ensuring that it wasn't too bleak. I'm really glad that she chose to end it the way she did; it was a fitting ending after all that Adelina has done and endured.