Oh man, what a disappointing read. I absolutely love this author, but this book did not do it for me. 

There was a lot of info dumping when it came to the world (that we already knew a bit about from Sky kn the Deep) but a map would have really helped. 

There two main characters and POVs were both boring and felt very flat, one dimensional. Neither POVs had any depth of character growth. There were so many side character name drops that it was hard to keep it all straight and the connection between these two characters were practically non existent. Yet the ending suggests a relationship forming. Which is weird because WHERE IS THE ROMANCE? The main characters have completely separate storylines until the last 40 pages of the book. Even after their brief encounters they acted as if they just went on a long journey together and knew each other inside and out. 

The plot was my biggest struggle. It was very underwhelming and felt like it wasn’t really going anywhere. Although the first half was interesting, I became uninterested very quickly as the story progressed. 

My favourite part of the story was learning about the clans. I wish we got to see and interact with the different clans more (example maybe one main character is forced to work with the enemy clan and has to learn their customs). This could have been a great enemies story. 

The writing itself isn’t bad, it’s just the execution. I loved the first book, Sky in the Deep, but I would recommend d stopping there and don’t bother with this book. 

I love this author, but this book felt too much like a debut.