More like 3.5 stars. I just could not get into this as much as the 2nd book. I got the same feeling as I did while reading the first book, which was MEH. Yes, the writing was nice and the plot was good, but it just wasn't the right story for me. I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe it was all the romantic tension in the 2nd book that made me love it so, and while I loved seeing Arin and Kestrel together, with their cute moments of doubt, it still didn't move me like it did in the 2nd book. All in all, it was a good book, but I definitely didn't love it like the 2nd book, and certainly not as much as everyone else. Also, I listened to this on audio and I didn't care for the narrator, so that might also be a contributing factor.