2.5 I think it was a fine read and was better than the first book, but only because the FMC finally shut up about Dante. The political aspects are better, but there are a lot of FMC decisions that felt rushed and just didn't make sense. I would KILL for Lor POV, I think it would have made this more bearable. However, I did enjoy the Judas moment we got in the end, but even that I felt like was predictable. I'm very conflicted about this book, and if I actually liked it....but I'll read the next one at the end of the month.