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 Aghhhh im jumping back and forth between 4 and 5 stars right now with this...... There were so many good things but also a number of things I had issues with. First off, I just felt like there were some really useless POV chapters in this one. What was the point in reading about this Sveva girl? Sure it gave us some insight on how the war was for others during the book but the book still would have felt the same to me without these POVs. I started reading her POV thinking she would become an important part to the story but.....she never really did.... Same thing with that one random POV chapter of Nevo (what that his name? I can't even remember......that's how useless I found it...). Another thing (or maybe I should say things) that's making me want to dock off a star: THIAGO AND TEN. UGH. I HATED THESE TWO WITH A BURNING PASSION. I know that they weren't exactly put in the story to be likeable but ugh............in the beginning they were always in Karou's POV chapters and they bothered me to no end! They even made me almost want to skim through her POV chapters which makes me really upset because I love Karou's POV! Thank GOD though Karou eventually took care of them both. 
 However, despite these issues there were good things that came out of this! We got to see more of Hazael and Liraz and they both play larger roles in this book compared to the first one. I sorta knew that I was going to end up liking them sooner or later but WOW. LIRAZ REALLY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS ONE IN MY OPINION! I just loved reading the small POVs that she got to have and learning more about her, and she eventually became my favourite character in this trilogy! I really felt for her especially when Hazael was gone.... :( 
 I still do love Zuzana too! I just loved how we got to see her acting as such a huge support to Karou through everything :D 
 AND WE GOT ISSA BACK TOO!! MY OTHER FAVE! :D She added so much into Karou's character development, not only as an ally and a friend but as a mother-like figure as well. 
 That's basically all I have to say about this for now. Overall I still really love this trilogy and I can't wait to see how it's going to end!