This book has a lot of plot, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Here is my video review: https://youtu.be/bqJ33eMl384?t=299

A whole lot of plot leads to a fast paced book, which is a advantage for a lot of people. In that same vein, there are a lot of action scenes in this book. They are well crafted, with immersive details and short, snappy sentences.

However, the large amount of plot is part of what made me not love this book. Each POV character has their own quest and cast of side characters to help them, and it grew very difficult to keep track of them all. That difficultly of keeping track of them led to me struggling to emotionally connect to the characters.

My biggest complaint about this book is in the characters. They all have strong motivations, and this book helps us to understand intellectually what their goals and needs are. However, this book does not seem concerned with helping us feel what the characters are feeling. Many of the characters have revenge quests that should feel emotionally charged, and yet the book prioritized the action of the plot over those emotions.

The chapters for this book are very short. For me, this made it even harder to connect to the characters. We rarely got to spend much time with one before switching to another.

I was delighted by the beginning of the book, which included a character list and a summary of book 1. Very helpful!

Thanks to Orbit and NetGalley for a copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.