I think of the three I've read so far, this book has been my least favorite, but only by a little bit. The first one was just barely 4 stars and this one just barely below that.

I still quite like the overall story, but so much of this book felt like an aside. Half of this book feels separate from the real story and the other half of this book feels like set up for the finale. It made it a little more dull because we don't get to see a lot of development, just backstory and side story. A large section of this book didn't need to be included at all.

I think by this point I'm also tired of the constantly shifting alliances that seem too easy. Thus far, the whole series feels a little too easy and I'm hoping bad things are to come that will give this book higher stakes.

But it's still fun, I still quite liked it. I think maybe this series could have been shrunk down to a trilogy, but I'm hoping for a good finale to top it off.