While I can say that this is my favourite of the series, that’s not a glowing endorsement. This series is an absolute mess and I’m so disappointed because the groundwork really has the potential to be something great and it’s just…not. 

The plot surrounding the trials was interesting, but again we get a massive, convoluted info-dump of Semel & the werepanthers that inhabit the sacred city. 

Unfortunately, Jin turns even more TSTL this time around and there’s a lot of unnecessary trauma thrown into the mix for the sake of “plot.”