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This continuation of Keera’s story was so beautiful. The obstacles she faces, both circumstantial and personal, was such an emotional journey. She allows herself to be venerable with those around her, regarding her history with grief and guilt, as she tries to find out more about her origins. The circumstances around her, while this deep diving occurs, became more intense as the story progressed and had me at the edge of my seat.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

I loved the first book in this series and I was so excited to read carry on with the series. I really hope I don’t have to wait long for some announcement of the third or even fourth book in this series because these cliff hangers are getting meaner and meaner.

This book still follows Keera, who we met in the last book. To the kingdom, she is still chasing the Shadow and she is the King’s blade, his most feared and trusted spy and assassin. But in the shadows, she works with Prince Killian and his Shadow – the dark and brooding Fae, Riven – who sets her blood on fire. Together, they are plotting to topple the crown that sits upon the king’s head. A secret can only survive as long as its conspirators, and when nothing is as it seems, all are in danger. Keera swore she would never open her heart again after a loss she barely survived. But she will soon find she has more to lose than she ever imagined.

This book is as thrilling as the first book with the details and action keeping you on the edge of your seat. I loved Keera and I'm scared of her, I want to be her, and she can hit me and I would say thank you - I loved that we got to know more about her and I love her bisexual rep and was nearly crying when she was talking about Brenna and how she is determined not to lose anyone else. I still adore the found family aspect in this book and how it was strengthened during this book and how everyone started to defend Keera and they were all fighting for each other. The storyline was strong and I loved all of these characters (minus Damian – he's a dick and I hope he has a slow and painful death)

I just wanted more during this book, I felt like at times there was an information overload and then some information was just glossed over. I felt it was a little repetitive with the information we knew about and I get why it was done for the people who read the first book when it first came out but I was just skimming those bits because I already knew the background information. Some of the big twists were a bit predictable – like I guessed who the mole was, and what happened to the light fae and who was going to be the big bad guy.

I enjoyed this book and was hoping for it to be five stars, but I was just wanting more. I will still be refreshing social media and keeping an eye on the book community world to see if there will be a third book and when it will be released.

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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