This is the second book in the Silver Blackthorn trilogy.

It begins immediately after the first book, with only a little recapping, which was nice because I started this one immediately after finishing the first one, and it would have driven me nuts if there was a lot of recapping.

This book is more about the friendship and the relationship between all the teenagers, their families, and the other people in this world.

It's pretty similar to most other dystopia trilogies; in this one, not much happens. It's more character and world building, and setting the scene for the final book.

There's a love triangle that's pretty unnecessary, especially since Silver is just dishonest with both guys which is really out of character. It almost feels like the love triangle is there because there's always a love triangle in these books.