This book ended just as a fairy tale should, and I'm happy/sad to be done with it. While I really enjoyed this series--who doesn't love reimagined fairy tales?--and I still love how funny this novels are, I couldn't give it five stars for a few reasons. (view spoiler)[ The first being Wolf--after his transformation into more wolf than man, we see the world from his perspective for a few scenes. His hunger is his main focus, and when he thinks of Scarlet, he only remembers a girl who looked at him with loathing. After he tries to kill Levana, he's put in so much pain that he says he'll never disobey again. Yet when he sees Scarlet during the battle, he's immediately trying to protect her, and she knows nothing of his internal battle. For that matter, the reader doesn't either, as we don't get any more scenes from his perspective. I was really interested in how he and Scarlet would overcome this, but it all just goes back to normal as if he wasn't practically transformed into an animal. That was my main disappointment. I wanted to see them work through it, and I felt cheated of that. 
 I also really wanted to see a great reunion between Cinder and Winter, even though Cinder didn't remember her. I was hoping Cinder would help her overcome her sickness, or something like that, or at least be more sympathetic and understanding towards her. Instead, they barely have any interaction together. 
 I was also confused by the timing of some things. They seemed to be wasting a lot of time sometimes, and then other times, I couldn't figure out how much time had actually passed. (For instance, Jacin and Winter go out to gather more forces and the narrative says it takes hours, but at the palace, it doesn't seem to have been quite so long before the extra forces arrive.) (hide spoiler)] 
 Anyways, I did really enjoy reading this book. It was just as funny and full of clever twists on the original fairy tale as the previous novels. Cress and Thorne are my favorite couple, mainly because I'm laughing at everything they do and say. I loved how they both grew in this story. 
 Now I might go read it again and decide if I want to change my mind about anything. :)