adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Went in blind and glad I did. absolutely loved this story.

3.5 stars. Man, it took FOREVER to get interesting, that's for sure. And then of course, the last 50-100 pages or so blazed by...now THIS is what I was reading this book for. Overall pretty good book. I think I felt the same about some of the books in her other two series, though I do think about them both as overall good series. It'll be interesting to see what info she releases about Athie's parentage, and where Bryce goes from here (i.e. growing into her newfound powers). I was hoping for that in this book, but it didn't really happen.
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Not what I expected at all, in a good way. A unique, well built world, that still fit right into the maas universe. Hard not to love a good story and hero.
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

It took me a bit to switch my brain to an urban fantasy mode. This book was entertaining and had moments of humor along with sadness. I was particularly moved by Bryce's struggle with grief and her relationship with Ruhn. Bryce became my queen when she saved Syrinx when she could have been running from Micah. The ending was intense so I need to take a little break before I listen to book two.