Probably more than the others in the series this could be read as a standalone, although the last few paragraphs of the epilogue might not make much sense. The books in this series are always a bit bittersweet and of course take place in very fantastical worlds but are always full of so much truth. Similarly to my feelings after I finished this author’s recent novel Middlegame, you can actually feel her coming into her self as a storyteller. There are so many awesome things about watching an author’s career progress and that’s one of them: every story just gets better, more emotionally gutting, truthful, funny, and everything in between. Lundys story is no different.