Did I love it as much as Fourth Wing? No. Was it still addictive and entertaining? Yes! It was sort of exactly what I expected. I really enjoyed all the lessons and drama at basgiath and seeing Violent as a second year and how much she’d grown. It was just a deadly and violent as the first book with an elevated feel that made it stand separately to their first year. I love violets relationships with her friends and seeing these in action was so good! We get a lot of new characters added who all added different dynamics and all had their own growth with Violet which I liked (even if I hated some of them at first 🤣). With the war with venin hanging over them throughout the book it’s got a heavier feel but It was a natural progression of the plot.
The dragons obviously stole the show again - teenage andarna was hilarious!
The back and forth between Violet and Xaden got very repetitive and I got tired of them just having sex and never sorting out their issues. I did like how they dealt with things towards the end but they still have problems.
The reveals were great - some expected, some epic surprises! And the ending was really amazing, so much happened and I loved every minute of it. Excited and nervous to see where the next one will go.
