We follow Malini's fight for her throne, Priya's battle against the rot and Bhumika's struggle to keep everyone safe from themselves and their gods in this one.
I still like the characters but it didn't really feel like they grew at all until like the last 10% of the story which was a bit disappointing.  Nothing really surprised me in this one either, some serious middle book syndrome going on with this one but it did set up a lot of interesting things for the last book.