Shachar Haad
TL;DR: A noticeable improvement over the last book.
There are people and interactions where you see the merging of cultures, relationship building, and the plot being formed.
While the last book was somewhat of a slog to go through, this was a breeze. The characters were compelling, and the relationships were interesting, and even Farrendel has dialogue, and we see his point of view.
The ending came to me so abruptly (even though I suspected that this was how the book was going to end), and I immediately started book 3. Unfortunately, there was no setup in the previous book, and a reader could start with War Bound with a blurb of what happened without missing anything substantial.
TL;DR: A noticeable improvement over the last book.
There are people and interactions where you see the merging of cultures, relationship building, and the plot being formed.
While the last book was somewhat of a slog to go through, this was a breeze. The characters were compelling, and the relationships were interesting, and even Farrendel has dialogue, and we see his point of view.
The ending came to me so abruptly (even though I suspected that this was how the book was going to end), and I immediately started book 3. Unfortunately, there was no setup in the previous book, and a reader could start with War Bound with a blurb of what happened without missing anything substantial.