"No. He was not here to wreak revenge. 
 For revenge was trifling and hollow. 
 No. He was not here to retrieve his wife. 
 For his wife was not a thing to be retrieved. 
 No. He was not here to negotiate a truce. 
 For a truce suggested he wished to compromise. 
 He was here to burn something to the ground." 
 That passage totally, totally had me! Ugh, such beautiful writing from Ms. Ahdieh! 
 As with its predecessor, I struggled with the first half of the book. I struggled to the point that I left the book idle for months before I picked it up again last night. But I'm so glad I finally did because the second half of the book was epic! And then I realized, of course this story was amazing, of course the writing was stellar, of course the characters were everything. And that ending, giiiirrrrllllllll power at its best! 
 Congratulations, Ms. Ahdieh, for a two-part series well done!