This book is definitely the best in the series. You already know the characters and the world from The Cruel Prince and so it isn't as hard to get into. I really love fantasy books where there's a political element to them and this suited that really well. In fact, I think I preferred that element of it to the romance! It's not that I HATE Jude and Cardan, I just get kind of fed up with their dynamic.
“Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.”
I will say the ending shocked me. I didn't expect it at all. However, I do think it was somewhat rushed? I understand it was meant to be a surprise but it truly felt like it came out of no where almost and yeah...I just wish it had been a bit more developed.
Overall I would totally recommend this series to fantasy lovers. It was one of the first fantasy's I'd read and it totally gripped me into reading more around the genre!
“Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.”
I will say the ending shocked me. I didn't expect it at all. However, I do think it was somewhat rushed? I understand it was meant to be a surprise but it truly felt like it came out of no where almost and yeah...I just wish it had been a bit more developed.
Overall I would totally recommend this series to fantasy lovers. It was one of the first fantasy's I'd read and it totally gripped me into reading more around the genre!