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kappafrog's review against another edition
3.75
Like the first book, Yangchen was great in this. I love what Yee has done with her character. This book felt more balanced between Kavik and Yangchen - I wasn't as annoyed when the POV switched to him. I also enjoyed the greater variety in settings in this book. Bin-Er never gave me a lot of rich visuals, but Taku and the other settings in this book did. I do think this book struggled a bit more with the plot than the previous one though. There were more plot holes and contrivances. People were constantly sharing only partial truths, and the timeline kept jumping around, so between those two I ended up having a hard time keeping up with the reality of the situation. By the end of the book, I felt there were a few parts where I'd never quite understood who knew what and when. Yee tried to pack a LOT into this book, and some things felt pretty rushed. For example, Kavik discovering Yangchen's abuse of the the Spirit Oasis drug was never brought up again, and not a lot of time was spent on Nujian's death. Overall though, this was a rich episode in the Avatar world that I'm glad I spent some time in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Death, and Animal death
Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Torture
Minor: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, and Drug use
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