Absolutely adored seeing Thara again, this time from his own perspective! It was interesting that this one was in first person, while The Goblin Emperor was entirely in third person. Interesting choice also to not have any chapters… I didn’t really mind, but it made it a bit hard to switch back and forth between audiobook and ebook (something I’ve gotten in the habit of doing)!

I loved seeing life outside the Untheileneise Court. The plot got minorly confusing for me at times with how it switched back and forth between different investigations/tasks Thara was doing; this is really the only reason I’m giving this a 4.5/5 instead of 5/5. It’s just hard to keep track of names in this world! But at the same time, part of what I love about these books is just how complicated the worldbuilding is. It's so intricate and it makes it feel real.

Iäna is lovely. Go get your man Thara