It's been a long, long journey, but finally dragons have returned to the world. This book finally ties together the other three books in this series, which tended to be a tad tedious. The city is being rebuilt, the dragons are becoming worthy of their name, and Elderlings are returning to the world. 

This book also touches on a lot of topics from the Six Duchies parts of the series, and we learn a lot of lore on how the magic of this world works and where it's coming from. But it is seen from a different perspective, leaving a lot of mysteries yet to be solved. I've been wondering if and how all of this will eventually be tied together in the final trilogy. 

Altogether, a really good conclusion to the Rain Wild Chronicles. I wish the first three books would have been more concise, whereas I think this book could possibly have been a bit more detailed. I find it a bit ironic that some books seem to ramble on endlessly, and in this final one, sometimes some events are just skipped and we fast forward in time. 

But the strong suite of all the Elderlings book has always been its characters and their development, and the same goes for the Rain Wild Chronicles. These characters are unrecognizable by the end of the series, that's how much they changed - and that includes the dragons, who were clumsy, pitiful beings at the beginning of this series. By the end of it, they were warriors as much as the rag-tag band of keepers have become.

Extra points for this being the queerest of all Elderlings books so far, with no less than 6 gay characters, and some hints of polyamory!