This is SO exciting - a new fantasy series filled with action and intrigue *and* is narrated by Natalie Naudus! I'm seriously in love with this world. No prophecy can account for free will, as this book shows. Taishi is my absolute favorite, though this book is full of badass females out for blood. And Natalie's narration for each is amazing - Taishi sounds like a jaded old woman while one of her later characters reminds me so much of Jessie from Pokemon. It seriously improved the book so much! And I really felt like this book was cinematic - I was holding my breath during the fight scenes, shouting in delight at the banter, it really just has it all. I can't wait to see more from Wesley Chu.

*Thank you to Del Rey and NetGalley for an ARC and PRH Audio for an ALC*