Definitely better than Truthwitch. There are still a lot of questions left unanswered for me, and I don't mean like normal 'keep you interested' questions, like background and distinguishing questions. I loved the character development already I mean, one book later, only like a week in time, and these characters have changed So Much but in such a realistic way. I also loved each individual journey that each character is going on. They are processing their own failures and mistakes and deep seated biases and working hard to overcome them and it's amazing. Honestly, I feel like this series is only going to get better with each book.