A lot of meandering but understandable considering the huge shift the empire went through since the end of the last book. Lin was not making the best decisions but I feel like her flaws lined up with her character…..Jovis on the other hand…..I could strangle him myself like wtf he was pissing me off so bad. And the fact that Lin was always the one to apologize first and forgive even though most of the time she didn’t even do anything wrong -_- Phalue really grew on me even though we don’t see her much, and I really enjoyed Nisong’s chapters as well. Interested to see where the plot goes after the ending but honestly the characters kinda lost me now. Lin and Jovis were one of the best things about the first novel so it sucked how much this sequel made then so insufferable at times. I did overall enjoy it even though my review may not seem like it lol.