I didn't enjoy the book as much as I hoped I would. Partially, it's because reading about elections while having elections IRL is no fun. At. All.

And partially, I just didn't care. I wanted to see what would happen to characters I came to love in previous books, not to focus on a completely new set of people. And I wanted to see it in person (so to speak), not to be told about it. Robin was too far from the king's court for me to fully believe Severin's part in the story, his change, his motivation, and his reasoning.

The romance part of the book felt a little unnecessary. It diluted the plot, so many things happening at the same time it felt confusing. It came together in the end but the middle part dragged a lot, I had to force myself to continue.

I'm glad that the author answered all my questions from previous books, no loose ends left; even though some of them were addressed at the very end, right when I was getting frustrated not knowing whether I was going to get my answers or not. And it made me realize how I missed some things that were important in the first two books and were neglected completely in this one.