A review by inkfire
Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce

5.0

As a final installment in a series, it was very satisfying. High stakes, good conclusion to the character development arcs we've been following through the last three books, and an extremely tense confrontation with a villain.
I was a bit disappointed with the lack of explanation for how the villain did XYZ, and while the main character states she's mourning at the end, I don't really see it. (Obviously, I'll write my own version of a mourning scene that wouldn't have fit with the pacing of the book.)
Other than those fairly minor nitpicks, this is definitely a first-rate book, and I thoroughly enjoyed the reading.