Man this book crushed my soul. Such mixed feelings to wrap up this amazing story. This book seemed to have a large part of it be inspired by scenes from lord of the rings-namely mines of Moria. The sad parts were SAD but the plot was still so good. I do feel it didn’t have to be as crushing as it was though or I would have given it 5 stars. 

Briar is such an incredible author. The consistency in tempo and writing through this book was the best I’ve ever read. Everything was organic and believable and her characters were all so rich, diverse and developed. I am officially a huge fan