The ARCs collected in this book were never my favorite. Which I always found strange, for Ember was always my favorite character - followed by Nightfall, and later Tyleet. I do know that the change in artist was jarring, and it didn't help that the artist seemed to switch between light backgrounds and darker backgrounds from chapter to chapter. (at least it didn't help for my overly sensitive eyes)

Another problem I had, was how the story meandered. There were some good scenes in there, of course, but there is a lot of fluff. Especially in the second part. I enjoy the story of Howling Rock and the Quest to find it, as well as Teir and how Ember grows into her own. The second part, however, the Wild Hunt, never really worked for me. A lot of it felt like filler and fluff, and not really giving anything back to the story. I have to admit that I skimmed a fair bit of it this time around. There's a lot of back and forth, and human troubles and intrigue, that doesn't really lead anywhere. The story grabbed me again with the last couple of issues and the Silent One, but it felt very far lost by then.