As a sequel, this book picks up 9 months after the events of Blood Debts. Clem and Chris are living with the outcomes of the events at the end of that book, both positive and negative.

I really appreciated the growth that each character has in this book. Clem is struggling under the pressure of his commitment to help Yves and Auguste, and Chris is letting her anger and desire for justice overwhelm her. They continue to be teenagers and they make a lot of mistakes, but I found their stories to be compelling because of this.

The expansion of our understanding of the gods and magical community was fascinating and I can't wait to see how that continues in the next book.

There were a few scenes that felt unnecessarily long and I thought could have been edited to be shorter without losing the impact. I also wished we'd seen more of some of the side characters but based on the ending suspect they will have larger roles in the next book.

Second in series books can sometimes be less compelling but this did not suffer from that. I could not put this down. Can't wait for the next book!

Thank you Netgalley and Tor Teen for the opportunity to read and review this book prior to publication.