Another fun read from Charlie N. Holmberg. She wraps up this story fantastically with a duology. Her stories always have just the right amount of tension for me. The stakes are high, but the story still feels fairly light. The pacing is wonderful and I flew right through my read. It doesn't hurt that her writing is always just right for what I need.

I love her characters. She always manages to give the female characters in her novel a bit of subverted power that gives them a bit of something extra for the day and age they live in. I love that slight bit of feminism that comes across without being overly heavy handed. She also had some diversity in this duology that I felt was handled subtly, but nicely. She presented the topic of racism without making it the primary focus of her work, something I think that can be tricky to do without having it simply feel like an afterthought. The romance element was also nicely handled. Not too much of an instalove and not too much of a heavy-handed enemies-to-lovers trope. It all felt pretty natural

The magic system in this series was also a lot of fun. Her worlds always feel tangible and the atmosphere in this series definitely gives off a feeling of darkness in the Moors. I was totally a sucker for it.

I am sad that there won't be more in this series, but it really did work out well to be a 2-book series. I have said it before and I will say it again. I will read anything Charlie N. Holmberg decides to publish.

* Disclaimer: I received a copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. *