Once again, after the previous book in the series ended on a painfully (but brilliant) dramatic note, I absolutely needed book 5 right away.

This one dedicates a lot of time to showing the reader some past events; it also, despite depicting such dark times, manages to show love, loyalty and friendship and again I’m struck by the beauty of Mafi’s writing style.

Warning: absolutely nothing is resolved in this installment. It’s an important read for the series, giving more backstory and for relationship development but just as things felt like they might be getting started, the books was over. Onto book 6 !

4 stars.
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Note:
I listened to the audiobook; this was performed by multiple narrators in order to more clearly depict the multiple POVs and it’s perfectly executed. 5-star performance. Definitely will seek more Harper Audio productions.