Well, damn. This was good. I felt slightly cheated at the end because my Nook was still showing another forty or so pages and then that turned out to be the cast of characters and a preview for another book and I was not ready for this story to end. I wanted more! I wanted to see these characters really settle into new lives - that's not a complaint about the novel, but I think an indication of how much I enjoyed this (although I do wish the last chapter hadn't been from Pekka's point of view. It makes sense, but is somewhat unsatisfying).

The one character death was the "right" character. Matthias' major characteristic was his conflicted love for Nina - his death made the ending sad, but not devastating in the way another character's would have (except maybe Kaz. I could have lived with that, honestly.).

I enjoyed that the Kaz/Inej relationship was harder and didn't magically get resolved. The thought Inej has about how she won't waste her life trying to heal Kaz is one that I really appreciate because it seems so rare in fiction.