I recieved a digital copy free from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was super excited to jump in to the next book in this series. I absolutely adored Sky In The Deep. So I was delighted to get a chance to read and review this one.

This book starts off with a super interesting premise. A young girl, Tova, has passed on and put out to sea for her funeral, onky to turn up on the shore of anothet clan. She is an object of distrust, but does what she can to stay alive.

The other perspective we get is from Halvard, a young man who is next to succeed his people. He is trying to assist in bringing about peace from the clan Tova is with. But has to step up sooner than he expects with little experience with actual war.

I have to say I really enjoyed both characters here, and loved how the author portrayed them. It was easy to connect to them, and truly feel the emotions they were going through.

Unlike Sky in the Deep, the settings and world around Tova and Halvard aren't really filled with as much description. It almost feels like as a reader, I kind of should expect to know how villages and the forests should look like in this second book. I was hoping for a bit more.

The other issue is I felt a lot was missed in building the connection betwern Tova and Halvard. It started off great, but felt like stuff was skipped or cut. Feels like the book could have elaborated or built on this connection so much further.

Overall the book was a fun read, albeit a bit shorter than I expected. I am a bit let down after being such a huge fan of Sky In The Deep, but there is enough here to be entertained by. This is one of those times wherr I'm rating it a 4, but its much closer to a 3.5.