An emotional and heavy hitting ending mostly redeemed the fairly slow start of Bloodline. 

 

This wasn’t the peak of the series so far - while Wight certainly got us to the super high stakes at the end - the first half of the book felt more meandering than usual. It felt like the first half was less a part of a cohesive narrative, and more just shuffling around pieces so that the story could start in earnest around the midpoint. 
 
 That being said, when the book did get going, there were some fantastic emotional moments and climactic set pieces. Wight could have taken the easy way out with a lot of the more grounded character moments, and at moments my empathy for the characters made me almost wish he had. Instead, we’re given a much more three dimensional look at both characters we love and those we hate. 
 
 I liked Bloodline, wasn’t the best so far, but still decent.