aghhh I'm so torn between a 3 or 4 stars for this one...I guess I'll go for 3.5 right now... 
 I liked it better than Days of Blood and Starlight, but I also had WAY more issues with this one. Honestly, I feel like this should have been split into two books. The time that took for the introduction of the new character Eliza in this was just too confusing at times, and it really took up a lot of time that could have been used to focus on the characters that we've known since book one. 
 There were some really great moments between all of the main cast of characters, but there definitely wasn't enough. The POV changes also seemed to happen a bit too soon, and with the story switching from the usual characters to Eliza and others (ie.Esther, Jael, Razgut) there were times in the middle of the story where I almost felt disconnected with the characters. 
 Though not all of it was a loss. Like I mentioned, there are elements and moments that I really loved: 
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 1.No Thiago or Ten to bring down the story for me. HATED them in Blood and Starlight. 
 2.Many cute moments and growth between Zuzana and Mik. I love these two! 
 3.Liraz. The best part of this entire book was seeing her development. Although I wish she had a lot more chapters dedicated to her, I do appreciate the scenes of her that were given to us. Liraz went from being this cold-hearted-like character, to finding love through Ziri and accepting all the emotions that she used to dismiss. I truly saw her change during that scene when she was facing Jael. She was acting so charismatic and showed so much more strength and confidence than she ever did. And I have to say, I absolutely love her and Ziri together! I really really really really wish we had more scenes with them! 
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 Overall, it was a solid conclusion, but could have been done a lot better if approached at a different way.