Ahoy there me mateys!  This second installment was enjoyable and a quick read.  I wanted to know how the story would evolve and how the gods would interfere.  The highlights of this book continued to be Kissen and Skedi.  I enjoyed Elogast, revisiting gods, and the other gods that are introduced.  The gods are some of the more interesting characters.

This does have a bit of the middle book syndrome.  The book was a little convoluted, especially at the beginning.  I found the rebellion subplot to be mostly boring.  Also, for the majority of this book, the three main characters are split up.  After the ending of the last book, I guess I expected them to spend more time together.  Elogast and Inara are only together some of the time and I would have liked more character interaction from me three favorites.  And Kissen! . . . well spoilers.  Her plotline was me favorite.

Inara tries to continue getting revenge while relying on her emotions and not her head.  She comes across as stubborn and a bit angsty.  I kinda wanted to hit her.  I still love her character in general though and am looking forward how the growth in this book plays out.  The ending of this installment gives me hope.

We also had new POVs from Arren's perspective.  I really don't enjoy him as a character and didn't really like being in his head.  I don't, however, think ye are supposed to like him so it works out.  I also did not like the "twist" regarding him but that is likely personal preference.

In fact, I mostly wished the author would have done something different with this book though the set up for the larger picture makes sense.  I felt the added POVs didn't always enrich the plot.  The plot elements, in general, were predictable though I wasn't completely expecting the very ending.  This may sound rather negative but it certainly was a good read.  I am looking forward to the conclusion.  Arrrrr!