This book showcases Tara's amazing ability to craft characters, motivation, and worldbuilding. What she was able to do in her Timekeeper series has only improved. I absolutely loved this book as it deals with identity, economic corruption, revenge, and betrayal.

We get two POVs-Amaya and Cayo-whose stories come together as they find out more and more about the true natures of their family and the city Moray. I devoured this book because I loved how realistic these characters felt and how bad I wanted them to get some kind of closure. We have Amaya who wants to find out why she was sold to a debtors ship as a child and Cayo who begins to learn that complacency may not be the best route.

I am so excited for book two and where these characters end up because UGH THE ENDING.