"Here, in this sweltering cell, far from her people and her land, she did not feel like a dragon. For the first time in a long time, she felt like a girl. It terrified her. Because there was nothing in the world more vulnerable to be than a girl."

"She was a dragon. She was a prince. She was a woman. It was the last that scared them most of all."

I rated the first and second book in this series 4 stars despite having my issues with them sometimes, but this one was pretty close to perfect! I feel like both Lada and Radu really came into their own here and there was definitely a lot more action and a lot less of them sitting around waffling over whether they should do something and ~what would Mehmed think~ and such [I really hate Mehmed jsyk]. Overall just a really great book and I'm very happy with the ending. If you have read the first one and maybe struggled with it a little bit then I would definitely recommend you continue because this book is worth it!