3.97 AVERAGE

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

Loved Sorinda’s story! It was a great adventure full of action, mythical beasts and self discovery. I loved seeing her grow and develop as a character and captain. A wonderful addition to a great duology. Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy- all thoughts are my own.
adventurous medium-paced
adventurous challenging funny inspiring 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
adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There were some things about the dialogue / narrative that pulled me out of the story, but it was engaging and enjoyable over all. 

I haven't read such well-written dialogues in a very long time. They really made me feel a lot of things, from joy and butterflies in my stomach to tenderness and nostalgia. I absolutely adored all the characters. Seriously, nobody annoyed me, which is super rare (just like a non-spicy romance and it was also here!). I'd give it 5 stars, but I found the ending a bit juvenile and "convenient", and I simply couldn't fully believe Sorinda's inner transformation.