3.92 AVERAGE

adventurous tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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
adventurous dark tense fast-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

Patiently waiting for things to get even more messy 
dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this so much more than the first one. Lor is soooooo frustrating, I feel like she is just difficult and stubborn for the sake of it at this point. Sometimes she does really strong bad ass stuff and then other times she wants to make the dumbest decisions and jeopardise everything they're trying to do!
Nadir carried this book to be honest. I loved the dual POV and he has the patience of a saint. I loved the banter and tension between him and Lor - most of the book focused on their relationship to be honest. That would be the thing that I feel let this book down a bit - the plot wasn't nearly as interesting as the first one with the trials and the action. I enjoyed the flashbacks to the past so we get a bit of backstory as to how the realm has gotten to this point.
Keen to read the next one to see how it develops.

Unfortunately, I enjoyed this
adventurous emotional tense
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional hopeful 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: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes