This series ramped up and I loved it! This is truly Callum’s book in a big way, and the political intrigue was well-crafted and fascinating. Moon throws us into this post-war reality without ever having to stop and be like, there was this war, here’s what it was about, and the way she builds here on the tidbits she left in the last book is just so well-done. I like that we’re expanding on the Scribe mythology here and I can’t wait to see where the next book takes that also.

Also I partly listened to this one in audio and Cornell Collins’ narration and separate voices for all three guys is absolutely wonderful. The Vermenian accents got a little heavy handed, but he really does great characterizations. I didn’t like Sienna Frances’ narration as much, unfortunately (I’d kill for an audiobook where I love both narrators)— she has a very specific cadence when she’s reading that gets easily repetitive. Also she does Bryce’s dialogue in this odd monotone that I found strange for the character (not sure if Collins does it as well, I don’t think he had any Bryce bits in this book). But she’s listenable, and overall it was fine.