Here we go, the sequel to Havenfall. The story picks up where the previous one ended, with our protagonist Maddie facing the aftermath of the Silver Prince and her uncle Marcus recovering. The plot starts off pretty better than the previous story but fades by the time we reach the end and suddenly it abruptly ends. I was honestly surprised when I finished reading the e-arc and was greeted with the acknowledgements page. The story abruptly ends and left me feeling like there should have been more chapters wrapping up what was even happening. As opposed to the previous novel being about a murder in a inn, this one is about Maddie’s journey into a new land, a heist, a prison break, and a final battle that just ends. This story felt a bit unfinished. If I’m being honest this one left me feeling even more underwhelmed than by the previous book. The story has so much potential to be so much more but sadly it just did not work for me and wraps up in a way that is unsatisfactory. The characters aren’t expanded further and there isn’t really any growth in them. I found the weird love triangle between Maddie, Brekken ( her childhood friend/ soldier), and Taya ( Maddie’s not adopted brother’s sister) to be unnecessary and a bit odd. Maddie constantly flipping between her feelings was kinda of irritating especially when she clearly was in a relationship with one of them and not with the other. Maddie’s character kinda grated on me more than it did in the previous book, the decisions that she makes throughout certain situations had me asking myself “ should this powerful and all important inn really be left in her hands???” If I’m being honest, you could have just read the first book and left it off there. All in all, this was on par with the first book, but I honestly prefer the first book. The story was okay but considering this is the final in the duology it seems a bit lacking in the end. If you like the first book than maybe you’ll enjoy this one, but sadly it didn’t work for me.

* Thank you Netgalley and Bloomsbury USA Children's Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review *