'Carving Shadows into Gold' is the continuation of the 'Forging Silver into Stars' which is the sequel to the 'Cursebreakers' series.

First of all, I've enjoyed this one better than the first book of the series, but I still found that what I disliked in the first book, I detect them in this one as well. That is to say that the characters were not interesting enough to keep me entertained or engaged, though Tycho was my favourite of them all, as he had some character development and a more complex personality. I also liked some of Callyn's chapters, but her romantic story was rushed and felt forced. As for Jax, I found him boring in this one.

Unfortunately, that meant that I found myself more engaged with the stories of the 'old' characters and they will also be the reason why I'll come back to the series for the third book.

In addition, most of the book is about coming and going between kingdoms, some romance, and most of the action was concentrated on the final chapters, which were the most interesting as well. 

Finally, I believe that this book suffered from the long period that it took it to get published, and, as the first book wasn't memorable enough, it was hard to fall back into the story.