3.5 stars 
 (This is my 100th read book on goodreads! Yay!) 
 Characters: 
 I loved Meira, the MC. She was badass and fierce and a true warrior in my opinion! I want more mc's like her! 
 As for the love interests, Theron and Mather, they both need to grow on me some more. But I have to say, both of them seemed like real sweethearts! 
 Sir was pretty damn cool too. 
 As for Angra, the villian, I wished his character had shown more dept. He was being portrayed as purely evil. I had wanted to see more as to way he is/became bad and ((view spoiler)[ why the Decay manifested itself in his Conduit. I'm not sure if this is actually explained somewhere... so if it is I most probably have forgotten it. (hide spoiler)]). But as far as villians go, he was at least good at being evil, with that horrible torturing and stuff *shudders*. 
 Story and stuff: The magic system was awesome! Very unique if you asked me. I also loved the world-building. Raasch seemed to have worked out minor details and it was lovely to read how she loved this world she created at the young age of 12. (That just goes to show, never give up on your dreams!) 
 The story did drag a bit in the middle, but I think that for the most part that was because the relationship between Cordell and Winter had to be settled without it feeling rushed. Therefor the pacing had to slow down a bit, sadly. 
 The ending was pretty cool, although the "Major plottwists" that were being revealed were pretty obvious. But that didn't keep me from enjoying this lovely read! 
 Best quote: 
 "Someday we will be more that words in the dark." . 
 (It felt like a powerful sentence when I first read it!!)