I enjoyed this book, but it took about 300 pages to get fully engrossed. The problem, for me, is that the book I written in alternating, dual POVs, and one of the characters/stories is far more compelling than the other. I’d be really excited to read about Rielle, and then Eliana’s chapters just killed my momentum. At about the 300 mark was when Eliana’s story actually got interesting.

I think the dual POV would have worked better had Eliana’s chapters been reduced to the most interesting and essential bits. The chapters that gave us character and plot development. Instead, too much of her story was a journey that didn’t have a lot of significance to the reader until much later. I just didn’t care about her moving from one location to the next for seemingly no reason.

I’m looking forward to the next book, because I still want to give the series a chance. But I definitely need a break before I get into that.