another fun read from Ms. Richardson, the characters were great and I really enjoyed the story itself. I look forward to more from this series and author.

This book had a much slower pace than the previous book did for me. It felt like it took forever for things to really get going. That being said, once they did things really took off and I flew through it.

Narissea really grew on me as a character in this book. In book one, I didn't really connect with her all that much. But in this one, I saw more sides to her character and it made her more complex. Ymmen is still my favorite character, but being a dragon he gets bonus points.

The rest of the characters are sadly kind of forgettable for me. Abioye, Inyeye's brother, I had to look up his name because I keep forgetting it, I don't know what his role is supposed to be. I know who he is in terms of being against what his sister is trying to do. I just find his character boring. That and he is the most unwilling part of the group. He says he wants to stop her but expects someone else to stop her. He just doesn't take any actions, or not enough action, to seem committed to preventing her from what she's doing.

Montfre is a more interesting character and I wish he was the one who was recruiting people to help stop Inyeye. He actually seems committed to preventing the threat of a dictator that she possesses.

We meet a large number of Narissea's clan/tribe, I am hesitant to call them a tribe since I don't really know what they are supposed to look like, or if they are based on any existing culture at all. Their customs are still pretty vague for the most part. It seems to be a matriarchy. Which is cool, but their customs are really vague for the most part.

I still did enjoy reading this book, and I will be reading the third book. I just wish there was some more consistency with actions and decisions characters made.