A review by lassarina
Cast in Sorrow by Michelle Sagara

5.0

This picks up right where Cast in Peril left off, and everything about it is very intense from there. I've been really enjoying the way Kaylin grows through this series--she learns, she changes, but she's still so very Kaylin. This installment focuses a lot on her relationships with Teela, the Lord of the West March, and the Consort--and shows us some important pieces of Barrani culture beyond the lethal politics of the High Court. It is, as many of the books in the series have been, rather abstract in its conflicts, but it also circles back to a central question since Book 1 and answers it in a really satisfying, but also wrenching, way. A lot of threads from prior books, like Kaylin's adventures in the Keeper's Garden and just where the hell did Severn get that weapon and why Nightshade took such a damn interest in Kaylin, are picked up and woven together here, and it works really well.

Plus, the small dragon is great.