OK, out of all 3 books, this is the one I liked the least. As a series, it's still strong and well written. However, I did not like how it ended. Although, I usually like HEAs, I can accept when we don't get one. Not that this series had a bad or sad ending. What I didn't like about this book was the loss of hope throughout the book. What made the start of the series great to me was the fact that, despite the terrible society they characters live in, there was always an underlining of hope. The heroine was definitely a survivor. This last book, the author broke her. It was still well and powerfully written, as I cried most in this book. But I like my heroines to be strong and admirable. At the end, when the heroine gave up and was just broken... that really disappointed and depressed me. I felt like the very end was just quickly wrapped together to try to give it a bright, hopeful ending. Unfortunately, the devastation and despair we feel throughout the first 90% of this book was too strong for the last bit of hope she tried to give us at the end. I usually read books about heroines who grow in character and persevere through all the trial and tribulations thrown at her. In the book, I feel like the opposite happened and slowly she was broken and left with not hope, but acceptance after so much despair. The tragedy at the end was so strong, it affected me and made it a great read. However, the downward spiral the heroine's character took disappointed me. Also, I felt a great loss for Gale. I feel like he and their relationship was cheated. 
 Anyway, overall this is a great series. I don't expect to always get the ending I want, so I'm just happy that it was such an affective book!