This may not be as great as the first trilogy yet, but it's just as enjoyable to read. Picking up about 10 years after the events of the first trilogy, we're in a new part of the world with mostly new characters. I don't think it's a spoiler to mention that you get Vlora as a POV. Ironically, she might be the reason this isn't a full five-star book for me. I wouldn't have picked her to continue the story, at least not as a POV. I understand wanting to give the readers a strong female character in a position of power, but I loved literally every other character in the first series more than her. This book did not change my mind about that. If there hadn't been some more character additions toward the end of this book, I might have been a little peeved, especially for Olem's sake. Is he only a sidekick now?