My expectations of these books were very high. Unfortunately, they could not meet all these. The 2nd part I found really not succeeded and also the ending could so easily may not be. But that's just my taste, I've heard from some that the even was 2 their favorite book from the series. That's why I would recommend in spite of everything, to read the books and to make yourself a picture, because the part of the love story in the books is really really nice;)