now THIS, this is a good high fantasy that didn't make me feel dumb or like the world was way to intricate for anyone to understand.

i might write a better review if i can think of more but i highly doubt it. rin chupeco's writing style really had me hooked and reading every single word she put down on the page.

the characters were good enough. not entirely fleshed out; i felt like the other asha at her residency were not always developed much, like althy or polaire or zoya. and i felt like neither kalen nor kance were developed enough for me to be intrigued with their relationships to tea.

the ending was a little lackluster for me. maybe because i was reading at that point thinking the conflict of the story would have been resolved, with the pov of tea recalling her story coming to a more solid end, then the slight twist with the "love" she had risen, but besides that, i enjoyed the way the story flowed.