I’ve liked all the books up until this point but the end of the last book definitely felt like the plot of the series was beginning to roll. Vistgil was revealed to the rest of the party, Senka was awesome and Nauda had her Soulhome wrecked.

It’s always nice to see people growing stronger but one of the more interesting things in stories is seeing someone knocked down and having to pick themselves up.

This isn’t new to the series, of course. That’s Theo’s back story and raison d’etre. But now Nauda, having had her Soulhome wrecked accidentally in the last book, has to work to fix it. And it’s hard and we still don’t know all that much about her backstory and motivations and that’s what makes it great. There’s beauty in her struggle. She’s rebuilding her Soulhome and herself at the same time and I love it.

At the same time we are once again able to see more of the interesting worlds that are in this series. Honestly, the care and craftmanship that goes into these worlds is great to see. They’re all so unique and interesting and detailed. It adds so much to it.

In short this is a book filed with interesting locales and great character moments. I loved reading it.