I'm always terrified of the final books in trilogies, especially epic fantasy trilogies where there's a zillion plots that need to come together, and five to ten point of view characters who need at least somewhat satisfying endings. I imagine there was some sort of massive scrivener file and/or spreadsheet to keep track of all the moving pieces, and how they were all going to end up at the big battle that'd been building since the end of the first book.

And she did it! She hit us with so many twists and turns that I couldn't put the book down, and more than that, the character actions felt fleshed out and reasonable, rather than something to move the plot forward. I really should reread the first one, because the journey every single major character went on was amazing, but at the same time tracked with what we knew and made sense. It also smoothed over a couple things that bugged me about the middle book (which was somewhat middle book, alas, and I've largely forgotten what happened in it).

If I had one qualm, it was that getting everyone to the end via that spreadsheet felt a little too mapped out in places.

There were a couple times when I thought a major character had died unexpectedly, and I was pleased and surprised throwing a wrench in the works, and looking forward to how that would work out, only for it to be a fake out. After the first few, I figured that any point of view character was safe at least until the big fight at end, which wasn't as exciting as it could've been with a bit more chaos in the mix.

But on the whole, this was fantastic and a very satisfying conclusion.