For this to be the penultimate book in the series it feels short. It does its job in wrapping up several of the plot lines that have been in place since the beginning and of course moving the final pieces into place for the final boss to come in during the next book.

It’s fast paced and personally feels pretty action heavy, but for a character to be so driven by her emotions and connections to others, i feel like there wasn’t much development in these established and newer relationships. All meetings and moments feel fleeting and potentially underdeveloped. This book is fairly short when partnered against other fantasy series, perhaps too short.

I’m trying not to be overly critical because in the end I did enjoy the book and will be eagerly awaiting the release of the fourth, but i’m still waiting to be blown away. Or rather fully sucked into the characters and this world.