This book took everything great about Jade City and expanded upon it. There's more expansive worldbuilding, as the book takes us to other areas instead of just Kekon--it's really fascinating to see the other areas and Fonda Lee is great at making the world feel real. The series continues to be mainly character-focused and the arcs were great, just like the first book. The one thing I did note was that the political/clan intrigue is more prominent in this book, and while I loved it, it might be a detractor for some. While the book is mostly slower-paced, when the action scenes happen, they are absolute page-turners (especially the ending). So yup, an excellent sequel/middle book. If it seems like I don't have much to say in this review, it's because most of the points in my Jade City review also carry over here and I don't want to just repeat the same things over and over.

The part with Anden/Wen/Rohn at the end was so crazy. Especially when Wen "died" and came back to life--my emotions were all over the place!