This final installment was, by far, my favorite of the series. The Winner's Curse and Crime weren't really getting it done for me. There was just some kind of disconnect there. Then, Winner's Kiss comes along and just totally blows me away! I promise not to geek out too hard over every little detail but I am going to geek out about a few of them. 
 1. Roshar. O my dark prince, Roshar, I love you so. Literally every moment he was on the page was amazing. He has a pet tiger!!!! He's my favorite character of the series. But, I do love a scoundrel with a heart of gold so I may be biased. 
 2. Arin and the God of Death. I liked all the scenes where Arin and Death are communicating. So monstrously, beautifully, terrible. 
 3. Kestrel She's just an amazing, heroic, intelligent, spirited, and kind protagonist. Grade A heroine right here. I will just leave it at that. 
 4. The romance. I finally liked the idea of Arin and Kestrel being together. It was always just such an upward battle before. Exterior forces were constantly conspiring to keep them apart. In Winner's Kiss the conflict is an internal one. (view spoiler)[After escaping the tundra prison, Kestrel cannot remember anything about her life before then. Everything was a blank slate, including Arin. (hide spoiler)] I really loved them coming together again without the exterior forces pulling them apart. Both of them are new people and the same people they were at the same time. Marie Rutkowski does such a beautiful job at expressing this in the characters. However, I'm not doing it enough justice so I will move on... 
 5. WAR. I probably should have mentioned sooner that The Winner's Kiss is mainly a war story. All of the events from Curse and Crime finally boil over in a combustive finish. Marie Rutkowski's pacing and sense of urgency are flawless. I literally gasped out loud at times! (view spoiler)[ I literally said "O Shit!" out loud in public when Kestrel's father got his arm cut off. (hide spoiler)] 
 6. The End The ending wrapped up everything nicely and I feel like it ended just as it should have. There are a few loose ends that we don't have closure on, and more than likely never will, but that's how life goes sometimes. I love those final few lines in a story that leave my main characters at a place where I know they are going to be alright. Marie Rutkowski's final lines were spot on and lovely. 
 Ok... geeking complete. So glad I continued on with this series. It was worth it. :)