I liked the struggles the characters had to face. We again get a lot of the character's internal struggle. I liked how the problems in the monarchy translate to real life, like the conversation Inan has with his mother the queen. I thought some decisions the characters made were extremely out of character for them and didn't make sense. I thought Zelie and Tzain should have had more one on one conversations. The ending was pretty abrupt and the twist in the last 5 pages really threw me. I feel like she's just writing a third book because of a contract. I feel like it would have made sense to end it on this book.