I think when I finish the series, I will end up with this at the end of my ranking. I liked Landen and Ellie, but the pacing of this story was a bit odd to me. Being it was an interconnected standalone, I know a lot has to be explained from the previous two books, in case someone picked this up at random, but it felt like a bit too much of explaining of the past. Once we got to the current day storyline, it picked up and I enjoyed it.