EEP! Was just reading a blog written by a fan of the books who has read through them. They were not happy with the ending.
They're not thrilled with how it ends at book three, the end of the series. But the author did something unusual; she blogged her reasons for choosing that ending. It was pretty interesting to read it. I love spoilers of any kind so I was happy to know how it all ends. I keep trying to see what happens to Ray's character and it seems that he
lives at least well into book three. (run your mouse over the white space to read the spoiler)