I liked this one as much as the first in the series, and I probably liked the MMC better than in the first. I liked that Faith and Sascha are distinct and have different narrative voices. This one had the same flaw (for me) as the first, in that I wasn't that much interested in the arc outside of the relationship. And, it occurred to me that this one has the same structure/plot as the first. Still, the world-building is great, and the coordinating conjunction / comma thing that bothered me in the first only stuck out to me in the closing action of the novel.