This book was a lovely end to the series - and continued the trend of being just... really easy and quick to read.

It picks up directly where the last book left off, unsurprisingly, and dives straight into the plot.
this meant that the pacing of the book as a whole was... pretty odd in a way?
The beginning portion went super fast, and then it really hit the breaks, before gearing back up to the finale. This isn't something that particularly bothered me, as I don't mind this sort of stop/start in books as long as the rest is good - in fact, I often prefer this sort of format than trying to keep the stakes really high throughout the whole novel. It was nice to get that small breather in the middle, and it gave a chance to see the relationships develop a little bit more in the down time.

The relationships felt like a strength of these books as a whole. Though the first book felt almost insta-love-y between Merry and Jack, this fell into that sort of "it is a bit insta-love, but I can kinda see why maybe?". And nice to see that the subsequent romance was definitely a lot less like this, with Finn and Merry having a lot more substance to them and their relationship. I also very much appreciated the lack of love triangle in this book. It could have been there for sure, but was deftly side-stepped. Merry did have the right amount of feelings in the situation, but was decisive enough to say what/who she wanted and stick with that.

One thing I will note is that a lot of the times, the writing, or dialogue, felt a little funky to me? But I realise this is more... Merry often sounds like a 17 year old girl.
And I am not 17.
And a lot of YA nowadays... does not read like it has 17 year old characters.
So taking this into consideration, I almost appreciate that this does feel like a teen-novel, aimed at someone younger than me - and that's totally ok.

That isn't to say that writing isn't perfect, but I do feel it has improved on the previous two books where it was more just passable.