Well, I hoped for a few minutes there that this would end on a hopeful cliffhanger, not a "oh shit" cliffhanger. But no such luck...

This is much better than the last book and back to the brilliance of the series. The Malina story irritated me at first as it kind of came out of nowhere but I got really into it! I love her character development even if she is responsible for so much disaster!

I had hoped for a reunion in this book, but that didn't happen. I can't see how it will happen any time soon, but I kind of feel that timings are different between Slade's pov and Aurens. So maybe he will be closer than expected!

Bringing in so many new characters and environments in the fifth book of the series is bold but it worked.

Queen Kaila is a bitch.