We venture into Louzou, sailing across the Castinian sea, encountering pirates, and learning new aspects of the kingdom’s magic.

Ren and Leo’s relationship was one I loved from book one, he is like a big brother too her and spends most of the book either mercilessly teasing her or trying to protect her. As Renata’s mental clarity starts to fall apart under the weight of so many minds whose memories she has stolen, her turmoil increases: If she loses herself, can she accomplish what needs to be done to save her people?With few options and fewer allies, she’s reluctantly joined forces with none other than Prince Castian, her most infuriating and intriguing enemy. Everything was wrapped up in the best of ways and I really loved the little glimpses of the future we got in the epilogue.

Although the stakes are high in this book, it feels like Zoraida Córdova really had fun with the writing. The ending was awesome, and I loved that the solution to Ren and Cas’s problem was not to take the throne but instead to run away with pirates.

This villainous prince who somehow dominated the narrative even with little page time, whose charisma and mystery haunted every word. Some of the most beautiful moments in the novel were when she grows in self-confidence and begins to believe in the good her power can do. They’ll love where the characters all end up and how neatly everything was tied together with a little bow, but I personally didn’t really enjoy it.