“Eternity only meant something when you had someone to share it with, not when it would take you from all you loved.”

A nice addition to the original story, if still a little disjointed and lacking in some of the qualities that made me love the duology so much. I enjoyed this, but the characters felt slightly stilted compared to what they were in the full books. While reading DotMG, I always wanted more about Xingyin's parents, so I'm glad a glimpse of their story was included in here!

Also, side note, but I maintain the fact that a certain character's good qualities were sacrificed to make another character look better. Even when we get their POV, most of it is just them comparing themself to the other character - which bummed me out.

Overall, if you love DotMG and miss the world/characters, I'd definitely recommend this. It also gives certain characters/relationships more closer than HotSW did. But if you are wondering if you have to read this, it isn't necessary to the story.