I am glad I tried this next book. My biggest complaint is that Aveyard seems to be ignorant of issues with the world-building she is doing, while going into great detail about various parts of the world. However, this book did address various issues that I had with that in the first book and tied them into the character's own ignorance up until that point. So, I have some hope she will continue to address certain world-building blunders in the following book(s). This book read just as juvenile at the beginning, but she did a good job of maturing the tones and actions of the characters over the course of the book. Which was refreshing for reading and suited the characters. I appreciated this. Especially as the world she is building is very dark, it just feels much better suited to have it read more naturally. Overall, I enjoyed my read of this second installment and am chagrined by book 3 being about 18 weeks away from me, according to the estimated on-hold length. Might have to switch to a physical copy to read the third book sooner. We shall see.