“We are all children of blood and bone.
All instruments of vengeance and virtue.”

Can't believe it took me so long to finally read this, but I'm glad I did!

A fantastic, fast-paced fantasy (unintentional alliteration) with a focus on grief and overcoming prejudices, internalized and otherwise. The characters were a bit... immature, but this is a YA so I feel like it's understandable, even if I wanted to slam my head into a wall reading some of their reactions/decisions.

Also, I will always be excited about an animal companion. More animal companions in books, please and thank you.

Overall, this is seriously such a solid YA fantasy book and I look forward to carrying on with the series. I'm curious where the story will go after that ending.