As per the Goodreads rating system, I liked this book decently enough, so I'm giving it three stars. It wasn't as good as Warcross, but the parts of it that were good were really good. Unfortunately, many parts dragged and the characters lacked this time around.

Pros:
- Sasuke's story is where this book truly shines.
- Hideo's connection to his brother. His character may not grow much in this particular book, but I feel like he's still the most in character.
- The world goes on style of ending. There's no perfect or absolutely terrible ending. The world just goes on.

Cons:
- Emika falls flat this time around. There's just not much to her character that isn't already known. She is a complete pawn in this book, only doing what others want her to do.
- Pheonix Riders characters are shoved to the background. I honestly forgot who was who. I was looking forward to more of them, but they were relatively pointless.


I enjoy character driven works and this just didn't feel like one of those books. Warcross was very character driven, so I was hoping this book would have a similar feel. It didn't. I wasn't terribly disappointed, but I wasn't really happy with this book either. Blah.