Hmm... I liked it and thought it was very well done but I did not love it. And I'm not sure why. 
 The first book didn't have a plot so much as a living myth, world building spun into story. This too is world building spun into story, but there also seems to be more of, well, a plot. I also really liked the achingly slow redemption plot and I hope to see more of it in the final book. 
 But I keep coming back to why I didn't love it 
 Maybe it was the lack of physical agency Oree had? Perhaps that's just a reflection of the blind experience? I don't know. But she spent most of the book being hauled places. I understand the various reasons in various places, I just feel like maybe the structure of the story emphasized that lack of agency in ways I don't respond well too. 
 Hilarious, the descriptions all worked very well for me, because my internal world is already more sound and scent and texture than image anyhow. I did wonder if the constant awareness of emotionally charged gaze was a narrative shorthand, though. I've never been able to pick that up without sight.