** spoiler alert ** 
 I am so happy to be done with this book. I had really hoped that book two would be better then book one but that wasn't the case. Although book one was basically a rip off the Red Rising, I liked it more then this book. This book just kind of seemed like the divergent series or some other series that I can't pin point at the moment. I just feel like I've read a book with the same feel. The main characters "relationship" with Cal really annoys me because it just seems like they are using each other as comfort more then an actual relationship. (Spoiler Alert!) The fact that Shade died made me mad.*mentally flipping tables* His character seemed the most likable out of all characters even more then Mare's. It didn't really seem like she had much of a personality until 3/4 into the book. Towards the end of the book things finally started to pick up which its about time. I'm so happy to be done with this book though. I'll probably continue reading this series in hopes that it gets better but I still don't quite understand why this series is so popular.