Oh wow. . . Just when I thought I'd probably give this book 4 stars that ending came along and I have to give it 5. While I wasn't a fan of how much the twins were apart in this book, I do appreciate the choice behind it especially as it allowed them each to grow as their own person. The surprises in this book were mind-blowing and the descriptions were just magical. I loved the worldbuilding and thought it was even better than before. And of course , the narration was fantastic once again. I do hope there's another book in the series as I can't wait. 

TW: parental loss

Oh my, I regret having not read this book sooner! I've been missing out on such a delightful, moving, and creative read and I can't wait to continue adventuring with these fascinating characters. And it'll have to be in audiobook format cause the narrator did such an amazing job! Hopefully I'll be able to do a more in-depth review later as I have many things I want to talk about in relation to this interesting world as well.

Given I was taking part in the 4 Nations Readathon round for July, I needed a book that fit a 'one word' title prompt and remembered that I wanted to read the audiobook. Plus it made sense as well since I wanted to finish this book come August as part of a yearly goal and as part of The Final Book Support Group's 48hr Readathon round. So, I grabbed the book off Scribd and tucked in for a re-read. I knew already that I enjoyed this book — my rating for the Kindle Edition was 4/5 stars — yet I didn't expect the audio would jump my rating up an entire star. The narrator does such an amazing job that it felt like a fresh read. While the content of the book is powerful, and Binti's journey definitely traumatizing, you feel all the things Binti does more strongly due to the emotions that comes through in Robin Miles' voice. A testament to her skill. I was excited to continue on, and finish, this series before, but I'll definitely be doing it on audiobook going forward.