Safe to say that I'm on my way to finishing out this series. Book two was even better than book one which is a big deal for me cause I really enjoyed book one. Of course, that might have something to do with the brilliance of Robin Miles' narration. As I said before, she really makes you feel the emotion. The character of Binti has obviously started to move forward in her life at the university, learning to adapt to the changes that took place as a result of events in the first book, and now is dealing with a lot of trauma around those events. We also see that things haven't been easy; not just in terms of how people judge her, but also in terms of how people judge Okwu. She's also now finally forced to face the personal guilt surrounding the circumstances of her departure that was pushed to the background given what happened before. Naturally, she decides to go home. . . and well, lets just say things don't go as planned. I mean, do they ever? Nothing can ever be simple in life whether it's fiction or reality.

For Binti it's definitely an understatement that things take quite the turn. One of my favorite things about this series so far is that we get to learn about this character as she learns about herself. It's interesting to see the way things progress with the choices that she makes and that these choices aren't easy. That she's being forced to confront things she'd rather not? It's a powerful thing. We often try to look away from those things, which Binti does try to as well, except life doesn't always allow that to continue. . . and that's definitely something Binti is facing now. Considering what the character learned and what happened at the end of this book? I'm really excited and curious to see where book 3 is going to take the character.