Wow this was much better than the first book, some of the issues still remain, such as the difficult way of explaining the magic system (however, Wight did a much better job this time and I'm starting to understand it better).

As for the characters, Lindon was so much better in this book and I suspect this will happen with each book as his journey goes on. Yerin is an interesting character who is clearly the potential love interest for Lindon, I'm looking forward and hoping to seeing her stand out more and show more of herself off, as right now she's somewhat one-dimensional, like a lot of characters seem to be. Eithen is by far my favourite character, he reminds me of Wit from Stormlight Archive, the cocky, aloof and seemingly all-knowing mysterious figure who helps Lindon in his path.

Looking forward to the next book!