Book #31 of 2016. 
 Okay, so I gave in and pre-ordered this book so I could read it on the day that it came out. 
 And despite being exhausted, I rushed home from schools so I could read this from 6:30-9:30 and be done. 
 Sadly, I think this was one of the weakest in the series. I just wasn't as invested. Although there was certainly still a lot at stake, the stakes never seemed to get any higher as the plot progressed. It was basically just that Eadlyn was going to have to make a decision, and soon! 
 I definitely had favorites going in, and I knew that Cass would not give us an obvious or boring answer. I did wonder for a second if we would take a completely alternative route, but that was cleared up pretty quickly. Eadlyn became, dare I say it?, rather traditional. In the first book, her spunk and attitude made her somewhat despicable, but she became compliant as she took on more authority. Yawn, but I also guess that's understandable. 
 Happy I read it and happy that I won't be torturing myself with these any longer.