I honestly do not know.

This book was weird. I still do not understand how Merithuros came to be. It honestly sounds like a bunch of white people colonized the land...I still don't understand why there are white people living here when the culture and land are clearly inspired by Egyptian/African history and folklore. The clans definitely aren't white, and the white people seem to be congregated all at the royal court, so??

The book felt much slower and was mostly taken up by travelling. And then we get to the end and stuff actually starts happening, but Darrow is also back and I honestly really hate him and have no idea what Calwyn sees in him. The one scene where Calwyn thinks maybe she should marry Halassa instead and have kids with him and they should run their little chantment school together was honestly so cute and fit so much better than whatever Calwyn thinks she has with Darrow.

Darrow is the classic moody, secretive love interest, who runs off to mope at sea, and then comes back and refuses to confide in his girlfriend and then blames her for hiding stuff from him? And he's jealous of a random guy Calwyn is travelling with who has shown absolutely zero interest in her. The power imbalance in this relationship is just gross and I hate it. I don't get the chemistry or anything. Halassa and Calwyn have a lot more going for them, even though I hate Halassa's power of healing anything and everything.

Will I finish this trilogy because I'm stubborn? Yes, but I will be annoyed.