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 So, I don't really remember the events of the first book and when I went to go read my review I cursed my past self for being so horribly vague about what happened. I remembered the whole two warring species of legend aspect and that Echo who was of neither was in the middle even though she housed with the Avicen and was kind of in love with one of their members - Rowan - and had a best friend - Ivy. And that the 'prince' of the Drakharin - Caius - was following her hoping to find the firebird but really he fell for her instead. But that was all I remembered from book 1. I didn't really remember the characters of Jasper and Dorian. And I barely remembered Echo becoming the firebird to save her friends' lives. However, Grey does a really good job of summarizing the events that happened at the end of book 1. 
 Once you get past that though, there is A LOT of sitting around and tending to wounds in this book, which is sad considering something more could have been done in 421 pages. I understand why there was a lot of sitting around though, because of the fact that with Echo being the firebird she wasn't really sure who she could trust. But it isn't until they realize that the firebird wasn't the only thing that was released that night, do things get rather interesting.