** spoiler alert ** 
 Alright. I've taken some time to mull this book over. I loved this series. I always felt like it was a bit of an underdog and I really hyped it up. I just adored the 'real' writing. It wasn't your atypical paranormal romance. Now I'll admit that I didn't hate the romance, but it wasn't what drew me in. I'm a huge fan of the action that this series is known for. The pacing for this book didn't bother me. My anticipation for it kept me invested throughout. I loved it all...until the end. 
 As the series continued I will admit that the romance grew on me. It was being marketed as a love triangle. I had my guy that I wanted Dru to choose, but I wouldn't have been bothered had she chosen the other one. Unfortunately she doesn't choose either. The author states that: 
 "You honestly think that I would write a series where the end-all and be-all of a teenage girl's life would be who she was dating?" 
 Yes, in The Reckoning (and the rest of the series), it's a niggling question throughout. Dru is in this tug of war with Christophe and Graves. She's constantly questioning which guy she likes. I mean, what else is a reader supposed to think? After reading this book it was just so incredibly frustrating. It's like there's no ending. 
 St Crow goes on to say: 
 "And let's look at her options! There's Graves, who was living in a mall, has abuse issues, and ends up Broken. Dru is wonderful at fixing things, but a relationship with someone you need to "fix" does not normally end well. There's Christophe, who knew her mother, and is still a teenager inside (psychological standards for djamphir, he often notes, notwithstanding) and who is also controlling and does not give her the information she needs to make her choices. Is there anyone else? Well, there could be-but there's the little matter of her running for her life. This isn't conducive to dating. The wonder is that she had time to think about her options at all." 
 My problem with this is that Dru did have time to think about this though. Quite often in fact. Enough to make me think that she would in fact make some decisions regarding her life. At first, I tried to understand. This book didn't write itself into Dru choosing anyone. But then, it shouldn't be the end of the series. 
 I was upset. The entire time I thought I would actually get my questions answered. Again: 
 "Why does Christophe smell the way he does? It could be because he's a glutter. It could be because Dru's "touch" is telling her (like it warned her of danger before she bloomed) that he is safe. It could be that her "touch" is telling her he's not safe. It could be he's a good genetic match for her. It could be that he wears a pie-filling cologne. You are encouraged to believe any combination of the above, or to bring your own answer to the question." 
 Then WHY didn't you have Dru question these things in the book. After reading this blog post where these quotes are from, I WISHED they were included into the book. I wouldn't have felt so cheated if Dru had had some inner dialogue along these lines. And more 
 "Other questions arise-whose was the blond hair in her room in Betrayals? Was it Dibs? Anna? Some other wulfen or a traitor djamphir who died in the fire afterward? What really happened to Graves when Sergej had him? What is the bonding that happens after three gulps of blood shared between djamphir? Again, the answer to the last is complex. It could result in an inability of either djamphir to attack the other. It could bind a djamphir to a svetocha and turn him obsessive. It could show a svetocha everything about a certain djamphir, and hence expose secrets most of them don't want out in the open. Any combination of the above is, as I said above, likely and I highly encourage you to decide for yourself. 
 I have left you breadcrumbs. It is, in the end, all a writer can do." 
 Breadcrumbs indeed. I felt like I was an avid reader of this series, but I seem to have missed so much. Much more than I think St Crow included into the novel. Reading this makes me wish she would have fleshed out more. It's obvious that she has a lot to say. For the life of me, I just can't understand why this is the end. The amount left unanswered is just insane. Instead of getting the full story, we get a snapshot. Not everything. Not the end to this chapter of Dru's life. We don't get to find out her name. Not even an incredibly vague epilogue that gives us SOMETHING. 
 "I can give no less, and I furthermore owe you what I believe with every fiber of my being is the right ending. Not the happy ending. Not the ending I want, or someone else might want, or the characters might want. The right ending. Even if it hurts" 
 Unfortunately, I don't see it as an ending. I have no closure. I see it as giving up. Clearly, you have more to say. You left me with more questions than answers. I feel cheated. If this hadn't been the last book, I would have enjoyed it as much as the others. But as it's the last I can dive into Dru's world, I have no satisfaction. It's so bittersweet, I'm not sure if I would read this series again had I known this would be the end. It's left a sour aftertaste.