I give this really a 3.5 stars review. I read this right after From Blood and Ash. I felt the characters continued to grow and had more development. I continued to have interest in them, and I loved them. The plot was interesting and kept growing. It was well written. However, it was not as much of a page turner for me as the first book. I felt the book as a whole could have been condensed some. And because it felt over developed in a sense, hashing out the same issues over and over, almost too much repetition it felt, that I almost lost interest. Almost too slow moving maybe is the correct reason. I do love the beginning and the end. If this were to become a movie or tv show I would definitely watch it, but I don’t know if I’ll continue to read the series. I might add it to my list to read further on in time. I definitely feel it’s worth the read right after Blood and Ash. I needed more, and I got that with this book.