Wow. Ok I know why it took me so long to start this but dang was it good. This book was nothing like the ACOTAR series and I love that! This seems so much more complex and so many different elements are in play. I LOVE Celeana and was captured by her character right away. All the other characters are amazing and I am totally team Chaol. There were so many different mysteries at play that I couldn’t decide what I was more interested in; the competition or the evils in the castle. For the most part I was totally gripped by the writing and the story telling. There was a little lull in the middle and I kind of wish we got to see more of the Tests.

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I LOVED the poison one and thought it would be fun to see more of those types. But anyway the last Duel with Cain was INSANE and made up for all of that. And when she fought the Ridderack had be sitting up and reading as fast as I could flip the pages. I KNEW Cain was the one controlling it and getting the powers. I’m glad Nehemia revealed herself to Celeana and I hope we see more of her. I do not trust this King and I hope she doesn’t either!! I’m still a little confused about the other realms and felt like a LOT of information was thrown at us in the end, but hopefully it gets clearer as the series goes.