As much as I liked this sequel, I did think there would be more spice - or at least more romance between Max and Tif, I felt v sad reading their separate journeys.
Though I did like that we got to see more Sammerin and Moth, poor Moth. This book felt so much darker than the first which I did love.
For 600 pages, this book moved at a really speedy pace and got through a lot of unnecessary battle content which I appreciated. Wars can become tedious to read so this was perfect for me

 
1. I cannot believe they LEFT MAX??? 
2. I really liked the twists of the fae plotline, how it was set in the past with Aefe’s origin story before becoming Reshaye and the fae kings origin as her love interest before he was presumed dead and her taken, it puts an interesting spin on the third book as he becomes the villain