I enjoyed the first 2 books of the trilogy but I couldn't seem to get into this one. It felt as if it was trying to be too epic and the theme of self-sacrifice felt too blatant and overused giving the book a depressing feel. Even without these complaints I can never forgive a book when my favourite character is killed off. Diar's scenes were mostly the highlights of the trilogy and his death just felt contrived, enough of the sacrifice ok!!