4.5 stars

This is a viking inspired tale. Eelyn is devoted to her clan, the Aska. She's a fierce warrior and fights against the Riki, their enemy. One day, she's on the battlefield and thinks she sees her brother, who dies 5 years prior, fighting with the enemy. She is then captured by the Riki, when she was trying to follow her brother, Iri. She then learns that there's two sides to every story and maybe they are not so different. 

This story caught me from the very beginning and didn't let go. Adrienne Young has a way of capturing you in the story. I read this book so fast, maybe 4 hours. It's a fast paced book that made you feel and see what they did. There is a lot of action and it is actually how this book starts out. 

I loved Eelyn so much. She's strong and loyal to the bones. She doesn't understand what Iri is thinking and feels betrayed. She sticks to her beliefs but isn't dumb enough to see that things are not always black and white. Her character really grows because she starts to see how the Riki are more like the Aska than anyone thought. They are people, they are human. She learns to forgive and trust. 

I really wish that we got a dual POV in this book. I would have loved to read what Fiske was thinking throughout the story. I loved his character so much. He comes off as cold and uncaring from the beginning, but there's so much more to him. I also loved Halvard. He had a big part in helping Eeyln, in more ways than one. 

This was a great read. I really liked it and the story. I love how it's not romance driven either. It's a slow love. I think that I like this so much because it's a stand alone! It's so rare. 

I want to thank Netgalley and the publisher, St. Martin's Press for an e-ARC of this book to review. 

You can see my review at my blog: Books Are The New Black

The main character, Eelyn, is an Aska. The Aska and the Riki meet for battle every five years, it is understood. Aska is taken by the brother she thought to be dead to the Riki village, and must live as their prisoner. You probably already know that though if you read the synopsis.

I think what really spoke to me about this book was the deeper meaning behind it. Equality, understanding and accepting cultural differences, working together to accomplish one common goal are just a few. It’s just a really wonderful novel with an amazing deeper meaning.

I felt like I was doing more than reading. I felt like this novel really helped open my mind to a multitude of possibilities and helped to make me more understanding of others.

I would recommend this novel to anyone, really. There’s minimal romantic interest vibes so it’s not super mushy. It’s not all gore either though. The main fighting sequences are the beginning and the end. Although they are super graphic, they are detailed enough to fully comprehend the battle situation.

"Ond Eldr." Breathe fire.

* * * * *
5 / 5

Sky in the Deep features my favourite kind of woman - the warrior woman, the woman with a sword and an axe and a glare that could shatter empires. Eelyn is tough, bitter, discerning, and sensitive upon occasion. She is raised in the pseudo-viking Aska Clan, bitter rivals to the Riki people with whom they meet in battle every five years. Five years ago, Eelyn's brother Iri died on the battlefield, leaving her and her father alone; today she stands shield to shield with her friend when she encounters a ghost on the bloody field.

"I tried to remember who I was. Strong. Brave. Fierce. Sure. I tried to summon her to me - that Eelyn who would choose her people over anything else"

Captured by Iri and his new brother Fiske, Eelyn is taken as a slave to the homes of the Riki. Whilst Sky in the Deep starts strong with heavy action, this middle section is rather slow but I found it very beautiful. Others may be bored by the slow building up of relationships, of Eelyn interacting with the Riki village people and weaving baskets, but I found Young's writing so delicate and enveloping that I hardly cared that we hadn't seen a knife for fifty pages. I also appreciated how much research seemed to have gone into creating this Viking-inspired world - I'm hardly an expert on Viking village culture and lifestyle, but it definitely felt authentic.

Then the violence comes thundering back and the emotion in this book is incredible. The battle scenes were well-written, the tempo excellent, and the plot managed to surprise me - I wasn't entirely sure where it was headed, and I was intrigued. I must say I wasn't the world's biggest fan of the romance, but I appreciated that it was subtle and as tasteful as it could have been. I much preferred Eelyn's relationships with her family - her newly undead brother, her father, her shield-sister - and how her mindset changed and developed. I adored how myths of Young's creation were woven into the story, how Eelyn's devotion to her god was explored.

"Vegr yfir fjor." Honour above life.

Steeped in history and myth and blood, Sky in the Deep was a beautiful novel that I thoroughly recommend!

Sky in the Deep tells the story of Eelyn who is a part of the Aska clan. She's spent her whole life being taught to hate the rival Riki clan only to find out her brother who she thought dead for 5 years is very much alive and well. And fighting with the Riki.

Eelyn is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding her brother's "death" and how he came to fight on the enemy's side.

Eelyn is a B A D A S S. She will not hesitate to cut a throat or throw an axe and take someone down. Side note - Tough heroines tend to sometimes be tough to connect to. But I truly adored her character. She was so fierce in everything she did, everything she thought, and in her love for her family.

And when she tries to speak with her brother after seeing him on the battle field, she winds up getting caught and trapped in the Riki's village. Where she meets Fiske.

Fiske
Fiske
F I S K E

Who is Fiske? Oh he's just the boy that helps teach Eelyn that maybe the hatred their clans have had throughout their lives isn't so valid, who shows her how their clans are actually quite similar. He's the rival boy she's supposed to hate but who forces her to slowly open her heart.

“I don’t belong to you.” I repeated the words I said to him the night he pulled the stitches from my arm. This time, to lift the weight that pressed down onto him and silence whatever words were whispering in his mind. And because a small part of me still wanted them to be true.
“Yes, you do.” He pulled the hair back out of my face so he could look at me. “Like I belong to you.”

I LOVED FISKE. I LOVED Fishe and Elyn together. The subtle forbidden romance between these two made the book for me. The writing during their moments together was just so so beautifully done.

"And when he kissed me again, the seconds slowed. They stretched out and made more time. I felt his body against mine, unraveling everything else that was between us and my soul unwound, threading itself to his. And I let it. I gave myself to him. Because I was already his."

So why not 5 stars? While I really did enjoy this, I just need a little more.
More romance.
More dialogue.
More character interactions.
More battles.

I really think if this was dual POV or maybe just a tadddd longer it could have propelled this book to epic for me. But Adrienne Young is definitely someone to look out for and an author I will most certainly read more from.

Many thanks to St. Martin's Press for receiving this title via Netgalley. All opinions remain my own.

I rather stumbled over this title but was totally intrigued by the cover and desciption. VIKINGS? WOW! That's rare.

Somehow I got the idea that there would me magic but there was none. Instead I found myself in a world of vikings and rituals and religious beliefs that were foreign to me but fascinated me all the more. I am not usually the type for books without magic or anything similar. I guess that is because I love to be surprised and no other element has the potential to surprise me in the way magic does.

But this title made me turn the pages without any magic in it. It never got boring. There was so much haeppening! I rather dreaded the end because this is a standalone and I did not want it to be over. I have the feeling the the romance was evolving slowly but somehow I must have missed the point when love finally took over. Don't get me wrong. There is absolutley no romance overdose in this book. It is rather refreshing and the focus is on the main story whichis absolutley brilliant by the way.

The Riki and the Aska people hate each other to death and regularly go to war against each other. The main character Eelyn is a warrior and sees her believed to be dead brother fighting for the other clan, gets captured and discovers that there is more at stake. In order to survive the clans need to be a united front against what's coming at them. It seems impossible and that makes it all the more exciting. Well... and there is a bit of romance.

WOW!
I thought this would be ok, I did not think this would be amazing. In the end, it was not just amazing, it was heartbreakingly beautiful, powerful, moving, soulful, action packed, exciting...
I could go on for quite sometime. As far as YA goes, this is definitely going to be on my favorites for this year.
It was pure Viking inspired magic with plenty of feels! I was captivated by this story from the first to last page and now that I am done with my kindle arc I cannot wait to re-read it in its physical format.

The Blurb:
Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.

Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.

She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.

Let's start with the battle scenes. They were intense. The author did not shy away from the reality of battle. They were slightly gruesome scenes, there was plenty of moments that kept me on the edge of my seat suffering from anxiety while my heart beat faster. And yet... it was all also somewhat poetic. Adrienne Young has a beautiful style of writing and I was captivated by it.

Eelyn was a true bad-ass heroine. She and her ax can do some damage. She was not a heroine because she was a special snow flake with special powers like so many ya female characters out there. She was just Eelyn. And Eylyn has learnt to fight and has fought her whole life.

Fiske had me at hello 😃
He was very much like Eeylyn, a fighter and a survivor. Just sadly for them, one that fought for the enemy. Fiske was given a difficult choice, and through out he tried to make the best he could of the situation.

The slow burning romance between the two main characters was perfectly written. Everything happened at the right time and for the right reasons. LOVED IT.

Another great thing were all the family dynamics. There was a great emphasis on family and friendships and it made the whole story even more appealing.

Have I convinced you to go read it yet?
If you like action packed stories and a heavy dose of romance, you are bound to love this book! GO READ!

While I enjoyed the setting and the narration of the book, I wish there had been more action. This is a Viking novel after all, but it was mostly filled with home life scenes of gathering food, mending clothes or preparing for a ritual. I had anticipated more violence and drama than what was offered

I didn’t know what to think when I first got this book, since at the time I was seeing a lot of hype for this one, but it was very cryptic since no one was really dropping hints as to why it was so amazing and awesome, when I was able to sit down and start reading it, I saw where the hype was coming from.

Sky in the Deep starts with an action filled first chapter, a bloody action scene ending with a shocker, Eelyn believes she sees her dead brother alongside the enemy clan. Despite telling her father and her friend what she saw, she is dismissed and told that it was their God blessing her. Despite being brushed of Eelyn knows what she saw and is determined to confirm it for herself. She sees her brother again and this time trails him despite being told to ignore him and act like she never saw him. She is caught and taken prisoner by the Riki.

Eelyn is a strong but stubborn character. She is determined to find out how and why her brother betrayed her, the Aska, why he didn’t return. He tries to explain to her what happened but she doesn’t want to believe it, she can’t believe what she is hearing since all her life she’s been raised to know that the Riki are the enemy, they are heartless and brutal and that they would never show pity on their enemy.

The majority of the story takes place in the Riki village and Eelyn fighting the people around her along with a couple of failed escape attempts which in turn makes things harder for her. While being with the Riki clan her pride and her honor start to wear down and she starts seeing similarities between the two clans, that they aren’t to different from each other, even their calm ritual to honor the dead are very alike despite different gods and the other side of the history between the clans.

A common enemy between the clans arrives and Eelyn knows that the Riki are not strong enough to fight them alone and she proposes that the Riki and the Aska fight alongside each other and put their differences aside to save both clans. Eelyn offers to be the spokesperson to convene the Aska to work alongside the Riki. Tensions arise once again with Eelyn returns to her clan and for once Eelyn sees how her own views have changed since being with the Riki.

There is a romance between Eelyn and a member of the Riki clan, but it is a super slow burn, you don’t see any sparks till near the end of the book.

Adrienne confirmed that there will be a companion novel due out in 2019, I’m hoping it will be from Fiskes POV.

On the heels of an upsurge in the popularity of vikings comes this story about a young, female warrior trying to find her place in the world. The original premise of the book immediately pulled me into the story, and while we don't stay with that mystery or that dilemma for very long, by that point I was interested in the story and in finding out how the characters lived and why they were fighting. While the climax and ending were very predictable and the big bad guys were a little too one-dimensional for a book whose message was about finding understanding with the enemy, I still enjoyed the journey.

Full review to come on the blog.

Sky in the Deep is exceptional, original, and one of the best YA fantasies I've read in a long, long time. The Viking-inspired setting feels fresh, there's a terrific kick-ass heroine, and the action scenes are well-written and exciting.

What really elevates this book is that Adrienne Young has done a rare thing for this genre - she's given her characters some quiet, a the plot a bit of room to breathe. And this slowness isn't dull - even when the characters are doing something mundane like cooking or gathering herbs, every sentence is crafted in such a way as to deliberately add layers of complexity to the narrative.

Eelyn in particular is so remarkably written that it feels wrong to call her a character - her emotions jump off the page. I could feel the fire of her anger, the sting of her humiliation, the ache of her loss. Eelyn is a warrior, raised to value honor above almost everything else, but even when she's not swinging her sword and axe, she's fighting an equally tough battle between what she has been taught about the world, and what she is now experiencing for herself.

Eelyn's growth, and that of the cast around her, is what makes this book such an exceptional, character-driven narrative on top of being a fantastic adventure. I will be handselling the heck out of this one when it's officially out!

3 stars

Eelyn was raised to be a warrior. Her clan, the Aska, have an ancient rivalry with the Riki clan and Eelyn’s life consists of fighting and surviving. Yet, one day she sees her dead brother fighting with the enemy against her clan.

Faced with her brother’s betrayal, Eelyn must survive a winter in the mountains with the Riki after they capture her during battle. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan of legend, Eelyn must find new allies to trust outside of her clan.

One of these is Fiske, her brother’s friend. She and Fiske must unite the clans to fight together or be slaughtered one by one.

Someone please tell me I’m not the only one who shipped Fiske and Iri.

The Eelyn x Fiske dynamic was so bland. Her brother and Fiske had more chemistry than Eelyn and Fiske. Although I admit there was less chemistry between Fiske and Iri than the normal YA couple, it’s more than the dynamic between Eelyn and Fiske.

Seriously, if I hadn’t read the summary before reading, I wouldn’t have expected Eelyn and Fiske to get together until they actually kissed (which I would have passed off as a momentary fluke because Fiske is obviously bi?).

Or maybe this fantasy is just so bland that I had to start inventing some fun, flirty LGBTQ+ romances to make up for the loveless heterosexual ones.

This is only the tip of the iceberg of how unpassionate I am about this book. It’s not that I dislike it, it’s just that it was so…dry? bland? zest-less?

It’s disappointing because I had really high hopes for this. It was supposed to be super fierce and passionate without being misogynistic. This is from the publisher of Wintersong, and although same publisher does not mean same quality, a publishing house’s books typically have similar tastes & literature styles. The books are literally right next to each other on the Wednesday Books website.

I heard so many great things, read so many 5 star reviews, and I just don’t know what happened.

This whole experience was just one big sigh for me.

I think part of this is because neither of the plots felt complete. If you’ve read my review of Turtles All the Way Down, I talked about how it was like there were two half plots rather than one whole plot, and I feel like that’s what happened with Sky in the Deep.

There’s the whole action-plot that’s about the two clans, their rivalry, and how they band together to fight off a mutual enemy, and then there’s the character-plot with Eelyn. But neither plot felt comprehensive enough to hook me into it. Sometimes in books with dual plots, one plot hooks me and the other doesn’t. Yet in Sky in the Deep, neither plot hooked me.

The action-plot felt so simplistic? There was barely any moral dilemma or question behind this plot despite the potential for this in the book. There’s this giant rivalry between the Riki and the Aska because of their gods, and a parallel could be drawn with modern religions and how people fight because of religion.

In Sky in the Deep, the Riki and Aska don’t work out their issues in the way they should be–out of true desire to do so. The Riki and Aska’s hands are forced to work together and find peace between their clans because of their common enemy, and this felt way too…simplistic for me. I feel like if their hands weren’t forced, they wouldn’t have sought peace and this was a big downfall for me because I wanted true peace, not forced peace.

A world forced to peace is not a world at peace. The deep standing issues behind the problem are not solved.

I feel like the action-plot didn’t go nearly as deep as it should have been, and that was a large part of why it felt like a half-plot which didn’t hook me.

The character-plot, on the other hand, was just really dry. I felt like the story between Eelyn and her brother Iri was left very much unresolved and wanted more from this. More angst, more passion, more everything.

I liked how Eelyn developed as a character from hate to acceptance, which was one of the highlights of this novel.

The entire concept as a whole was a highlight–I thought it was very interesting to read a Viking-inspired book and thought this was really cool!

The action scenes were well done in my opinion, although there were only really five of them. I’m not like super into action scenes and I usually skim over them versus intensely read them just because nothing really important happens in them, but I could recognize how well they were written.

The whole book was written well, but I just did not end up being super into it, which was just one of the biggest problems. Nothing in it hooked me (except Fiske and Iri).

Overall, I wasn’t very much into this novel despite being super excited for it. I think if this appeals to you, definitely try it out, but if it ends up not working for you by the halfway point, I say it’s not worth your time. There’s not super intense buildup at the end like there is in other books that makes it worth your while (see: Shadow and Bone), and it remains relatively one-tonal.

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This book was so refreshing. It cured my book hangover. It was everything you need, kick ass characters, vikings, violence and fantastic story! I can't wait for other people to enjoy this wonderful book!

This was a great read! I found myself drawn into Eelyn's physical and emotional struggles throughout the story, and I loved the quiet chemistry between her and Fisk. Adrienne Young creates a beautiful world that is both subtle and unique, and the characters feel real and genuine. I recommend this book for anyone looking for a good fantasy/Viking read. My only issue with this book was that it took me a few chapters to get used to all the Viking-like terminologies Young was using. I found myself trying to guess if she was talking about a person, place, or thing- but the terminology became a lot clearer the further I got into the story.

Highly recommend! It was worth the read!

Been trying to read it since 2:00am and I just can't get into the story at all , the story just not pulling me into it and I'm already 23% , so I'm going to DNF it 100% , its just not for me. With that said I would like to say thinks to Netgalley forgiving me a change to at least try and read Sky In the Deep

The opening to Sky in the Deep was fantastic and I could not think of a better opening to a story. I am definitely all for a strong first chapter that starts with violence and action. Immediately I was drawn in – ready to dive head first into the story.

Ultimately though, Sky in the Deep fell short for me and I was left feeling disappointed. What felt like a promising start rapidly disolved as the story progressed.

I expected many gripping battles and bloody description but instead I got the complete opposite. During Eelyn’s time with the ‘Riki’, where it seemed as though she was constantly doing housework, I began to lose interest and wondered whether I was going to be able to finish it. The story dragged making it painfully slow. I was confused (and I still am) because the first chapter was so perfect.

I was able to learn a lot about the two different clans and how they lived. Eelyn in particular, being an ‘Aska’, finds herself in a ‘Riki’ village – a clan that she has been taught to kill because they are the enemy and that’s all her people have ever known. The ‘Riki’ think similarly to the ‘Aska’. Slowly over time she learns that they aren’t so different and perhaps there is a way to end the bloodshed.

It went around in a continuous loop, the ‘Riki’ and the ‘Aksa’ hate each other and they want to kill each other. Eelyn is furious at her brother’s betrayal. Understandable, but after the millionth time reading it my patience was wearing thin and I grew extremely frustrated. What I thought was going to be a very action-based book was, in reality, a joyless ride.

There were some pretty cool battle scenes throughout the book which I really enjoyed but it wasn’t enough for me to fall in love with the story. Another problem I found with the book was getting to the main event – the legendary and mysterious clan. It felt like forever before they made an appearance and when they finally did it was resolved in a short amount of time.
I hated the romance so much. I knew it was going to happen because the plot description just point blank tells you (so annoying) and so I wasn’t at all surprised. It makes me mad just thinking about it.

Eelyn is a phenomenal character and the main reason I continued reading. A skilled and fearless warrior who would probably be able to cut you into two before you could blink, and wouldn’t think twice about it. I loved her burning rage and her desire to kill any ‘Riki’ that she came across. She is 100% ruthless. As much as I admired her angry and dark side, I liked how she gradually began to show a softer side towards the end of the book.

The only other character I liked was Myra who had a similar anger like Eelyn. Unfortunately she wasn’t in the book as much as I would have hoped.
There were too many characters brought into the story. Apart from the family that Eelyn stays with, I had to constantly remind myself who was who. I don’t want to be doing that in a book.
I honestly don’t get the 5* rating and I don’t think I ever will.

Eelyn is an Aska clan member and she fights against the Riki clan with her father and friend. They killed her brother and she intends to kill as many of them as she can. What shocks her is that when they are fighting the current battle, she sees her brother on the Riki side. He was dead, she saw him. How could he be fighting for the enemy?

Wednesday Books and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you). It will be published April 24th.

The next time she sees him, she follows him. He won't acknowledge her and his friend takes her prisoner. She fought with him but he's bigger than she is and she ends up back in the Riki camp. It's winter, she can't escape. As she learns about the people she hates, she begins to realize they are not as different as she wanted to think. Many of them don't like her but they don't know her either. The time in their camp changes her mind about many things.

The two tribes have a common enemy and when they attack the Riki village, she fights with them. Then she wants to visit her tribe and see if anyone is still alive. Her brother's friend goes with her. Some are still alive but they want to kill the Riki she's with. She won't let them.

I like the message in this story. People have many things in common. In this case it was not only personal attributes but a common enemy. Working together you can conquer many things. You just have to get over the hump of prejudice and mistrust.

This was a very good read and I enjoyed it a lot. It's a great fantasy novel.

For the most part I enjoyed this. It was action-packed, fast paced and refreshing to read about vikings. On the other hand it was a little boring. Half of the time the main character was doing chores or getting into situations where she needed rescuing and I never really fully connected with anyone. I wasn't wholly invested in the romance either, it seemed a little stretched and rushed.
There were a couple instances of animal sacrifice that I wasn't a fan of and I felt that the ending wrapped up far too quickly, but on the whole it was a decent read.

Really enjoyed this one! It’s refrshing to read a high fantasy book based on Viking culture. I also appreciate how dark and gritty the story was. I love it when authors don’t shy away from it and some parts are pretty gruesome but it added to the atmosphere in this setting. I liked the characters so much, and loved seeing how they changed and grew. The thing I loved the most though was the relationships that formed from loss and turned into something beautiful. That message was great and was my favorite part about Sky in the Deep. I will recommend this to teens in my store however only the higher level and older ones. It is a brutal story so I feel caution should be there for some young readers

I love the cover of Sky in the Deep and I enjoyed the premise because I do love a good story inspired by Vikings and Norse mythology, but overall Sky in the Deep was just an OK book for me. I found myself bored despite the fact that there is a lot of action and fighting, as you would expect from any "Viking" book. Because I didn't find the characters particularly interesting, I wasn't invested in their stories. There was very little dialogue and whatever dialogue was there, it felt stilted and forced. The romance between Eelyn and Fiske was tepid at best, it lacked any tension that would make it swoony. Other relationships weren't very developed either.

Sky in the Deep is not a bad book by any means, but there are a number of much better Viking inspired books out there. Also, it seems that I am in the minority, everyone else loved this book, so what do I know!

Sky in the Deep was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018, but I was afraid it would let me down. I mean, it wouldn't be the first time that I'm disappointed by a book everyone seems to be raving about. Fortunately, I'm glad to say that I fairly enjoyed this vikings book.

The story begins when Eelyn, an Aska warrior, is fighting against the Riki on the battlefield and sees her brother. But how can it be possible if she watched Ari die five years ago? And why is he fighting alongside the Riki? She wants answers and following her brother she gets captured by the Riki, her mortal enemies. Now, she is trapped with the Riki while looking for a way to escape.

This is the first book about vikings I've ever read. Adrienne Young has created a fascinated world with two clans that hate each other. It seems that both Aska and Riki clans were a product of the author's imagination, but I couldn't help but feel that they were very real because of the way Young described them. Precisely, one of my favorite aspects on books are the descriptions of scenarios, cultures and fighting scenes and I think Young did a really good job with that.

I have also been fascinated by the characters. Eelyn is an amazing protagonist, a warrior who fights using an ax and a sword at the same time and who is willing to do everything for the people she cares about. I loved how she was so badass and how she was so conflicted about her brother, loving him and hating him at the same time. And overall, I think her character development was really amazing.

And what to say about the rest of the characters. I fell in love with Inge, Halvard, Ari, Mýra and specially Fiske. I loved the different dynamics between all the characters: the complex family bonds, the friendships and the romance.

I also enjoyed the writing. I think Adrienne Young has a fascinating way to tell the readers a story. As I said before, she is really good with descriptions but I have to point out that I'm also very impressed with her writing style in general, especially because Sky in the Deep is her debut novel.

If I had to say a negative point, it would be that the last battle was a bit rushed. But overall, I fell in love with the story. And it seems that Adrienne Young is working in a companion novel, so I can't wait to read more about this world.