Not an ending I expected from the series and probably the weakest in the trilogy. This leaves me with misgivings about the series as a whole. The first half of the book plods and suffers from 'catch-up' syndrome. Then the last third make up for all of that plodding with a very exciting finish. So I've given the book 4 stars because the series overall is a 3.5-4 star effort, especially as the vampires didn't sparkle.