I enjoyed this book more than the first installment - no tedious flashback chapters in this one and with the help of a bit of a rather too convenient plot device we get plenty of world-building, however, there are still secrets left to unravel for the last book and the stakes have been raised. That being said, some expositional parts were kind of difficult to follow and I have trouble keeping all the terms straight.

The evolution of the relationship between Drystan and Micah is very sweet and tender and I enjoy it a lot.

There was also a lot of action in this book too, in contrast to the previous one, which I liked as well.