Okay, the second book left, me (the reader) at such a BIG cliffhanger, I went out and bought the third book and read it in a day. Very good!! I'm a happy endings girl, and I was pretty satisfied. Of course there were a few sad surprises, and it didn't have the perfect happy ending, but great story, great ending, great trilogy... Books like this are one of the main reasons I like teen lit better than a lot of adult fiction.