Oh, I am absolutely broken.

Fire Falling is the second book in the Air Awakens quintet. I felt that the first book didn't have nearly enough character or world development. This book definitely builds up our characters and although there isn't a whole lot of additional world building in this installment, the characters were so absolutely lovely that I didn't care if anything else was lacking. I know more world building is coming, so I can wait, especially while falling in love with the entire cast of the book.

Vhalla has been made property of the empire in order to "atone" for her "crimes". She has been made to march to war against the North. Since she has no combat training and very little training as a sorcerer, this basically amounts to a death sentence. But Vhalla's friends won't let her march alone and she does have a little bit of time to get herself together and hopefully learn how to survive.

But surviving might be the least of her worries.

This book ripped my heart out more than once. And if you read it, be prepared, because it will rip your heart out as well. I don't feel like I can say more without spoilers. I wish 18 year old me had been able to read this book because I would have become a rabid Vhalla/Aldrick stan.

Who am I kidding, at 30 I'm still a pretty rabid fan of this series so far. Let's see where it goes next! I'm not waiting another moment to get past this literal cliff hanger ending.