Last year, I fell in love with the beautiful tale Spin the Dawn was, and ever since my anticipation for the sequel kept me squealing and impatiently checking the days that were left to its release day! When I was picked to host a MTMC tour on Instagram, I screamed out of happiness, eager to dive into the sequel of this duology, hugging the book itself more often than considered healthy.

While Spin the Dawn was the journey of Maia Tamarin coming to the palace, finding her courage and doing the impossible - sewing Amana's dresses, this book took us not on one but multiple journeys that kept me on edge most of the times.

With the cliffhanger that was presented at the end of the first book, I knew the full focus would be on Maia battling a inner fight with the demon she ought to become. But this book delivered battles throughout the full story, some of them physical, some of the emotional, some of them magical. And I was here for all of them.

The story suprised me from the very beginning as it took a direction I was not expecting after spending months of coming up with theories to keep myself busy until it was time to read Unravel the Dusk. The sequel focused a lot on Maia's role in the war for her country's freedom, the inner war with the demonic voice inside her, and the war of good vs. evil. I was not expecting to be able to follow Maia through multiple journey until we were presented with the final battle - and the final sacrifice!

Elizabeth Lim did a fantastic job on not making the ending obvious, or the next step of the story! I loved to not be able to guess what might happen next, and I loved to see the magic of Amana's dresses come to play and be more than just dresses that shine, glow and glitter beautifully! We truly were able to see Maia's powers, just as much as her development to a strong character not in the means of turning into a warrior, but a woman that fight for the right reasons while she kept being tempted with the wrong ones.

As much as I enjoyed the sequel, I selfishly wished for some aspects to have had more time in it. One of them being Edan who immediately was forced to join my book boyfriend harem after he captured my heart in the first book of the duology. His absence for half of the book made me constantly crave for more. Even so after he finally became part of the story again. While their romance took shape of star-crossed lovers, tied by the thread of fate that totally made me swoon, I just wished for more time of just these two. But I guess as much as Spin the Dawn was the story of their love, this was the story of Maia fighting for it and more. I also selfishly wished for more sewing as that was an aspect that I suprisingly completely fell in love with in the first book. I find myself rather in a conflicted position because I love how the magic replaced the sewing, but somehow wished for more of it after all.

Despite my selfish wishes, I totally understand and enjoyed the turn of this story, and the ending indeed was perfect - and put a satisfied smile on my face that I can't get rid of so soon.