This is a much harder book that conspiracy of truths, both to read and I think to write. Aftermaths often are and for all the “fun” that Chant was having in book one, the way book two thinks about repercussions is really interesting and...crunchy, perhaps.
Where is culpability? How does that differ from responsibility? What are we called upon to do?
And also ugh I love Ylfing so much! And I loved how this story handled the intersection of grief and depression. I love when second books totally exceed their predecessors.