I really enjoyed the first two books and the majority of this third book. Then I read the end. Sickening. I know that books don't have to have "happily ever after" endings, and that the story finishes in the fourth book. However, this ending made my stomach turn and left me feeling depressed and very uncomfortable. I read books for enjoyment and escape. Not to read about (SPOILER COMING) rape and the murder of an infant. If I wanted to read about that, I would read the newspaper. I was shocked to find this in a Christian novel. I will not read the last book of the series, nor anything else by this author. I am surprised by all of the rave reviews of this book. That saddens me.