Brace yourself I wrote more of a rant versus a review:

I wanted to love it but I still felt confused as far as the world and the magic system. Don't know if it's because I was listening to the audio version it I never had to rewind so many times in a book to get a basic understanding. Also kind of annoyed with the main character. I kept waiting for her to embrace the monster in her and actually use her powers, book 2 felt like a repeat of book 1. She's still just as clueless and afraid, it's like all of her inner growth from book 1  was forgotten. 
There  were also moments of expla ation that I thought were unnecessary, like he was upset because of blah blah and I would think of course he is I just read that I would be upset too. It just felt repetitive. And the ending was just like no duh??

I'm realllllllyyyyyyyy hoping for book 3 to be a solid conclusion because I actually like some of the characters and I think they deserve better. There's potential I can see it and I'm hopeful but wary going into book 3.