This book was neither my worst read nor a favorite. For me, it was a difficult read with too much suffering and with too little fae in it. I also completely dark to recognize how this book is a second book in a trilogy. It reads as a stand-alone for the most part. 

The good part is that I liked Ravus, the troll, and I wish he was a bigger part of it. But I do think it was a little too far fetched that he never noticed the sheer amount of Nevermore Val stole from him. Who doesn't notice several bottles of magic potions going missing over several weeks while the only messenger you have is so high, she can't even train properly?

I'm glad I read it but I enjoyed the first book a lot more.