I enjoy these books, though I have many issues with them. They seem to race through everything, not really going into detail much, even sometimes with battle scenes. This was a very good end to the series though, somewhat predictable, but I don't mind that. Alanna is a great character and did a lot of soul searching and discovery of herself throughout the series. She finally grew up and realized what she wants in life. George Cooper is my favorite character, so I'm happy he got a great ending as well. I will be reading the other series for the land of Tortall once I have them all.