This book is completely underwhelming. At no point did I care for any of the characters, and the whole plot of saving the 10 chosen humans was completed within the last 100 pages of the book with no real obstacles.

Alchera spends two months training for... what? There is no moment in this book where she actually uses these skills or fights anyone.  

She gets kidnapped in the middle of the book by the main villain, which seems so pointless and doesn't really contribute to the plot except as a lazy way to try to paint Alchera as a "strong" character who can overcome any obstacle thrown at her. And we know she escapes because it happens in the middle of the book... After a few days, she is easily rescued even though the main villain is so powerful that only one guardian has ever faced her and lived. 

Her father gets killed for, I'm assuming, shock value? Even though we met him right before his death. Then later, her brother is killed for, again, shock value? Just another character we, as readers, don't care about because we didn't see him interacting with Alchera that much, but we see how Alchera "spirals" because her grief is another hardship she is forced to overcome. Her brother also dies in the stupidest way. Alchera is under control from the main villain and is trying to kill one of the chosen humans, so her brother just... jumps in the way instead of trying to restrain her or something? The girl only had 2 months of training... It wouldn't be that hard to subdue her. 

Alchera spends two months not having any visions of the chosen ten, and then as soon as she starts to go rescue them, the visions happen one after the other. She's given 10 days to save the chosen ones, but she finishes her destiny within like 2 days... And the people she rescues come to terms with the world ending and being taken to a foreign planet pretty well. Each one just says "I need time to process" and then they are completely fine with everything? The only hardship Alchera faces while trying to find the chosen 10 is when the main villain shows up with her brother, and we see her brother die, but the main villain also dies very easily. The whole encounter couldn't have been more than a few minutes, and yet the main villain was so feared by the people of Vaalbara.  

And don't get me started on Alchera's sister, Thana, with her righteous fury about how the humans don't deserve to live. She's more than happy to complete her destiny of destroying the Earth and killing millions of people to all the sudden beg Alchera to save a few kids? Did Thana miss the part where millions of kids already perished because of her? Why were these kids different? And of course it ends with Alchera "sacrificing" herself so the kids can be brought to Vaalbara... And we get a few pages where everyone thinks she died, but POOF! She magically shows up on Vaalbara with their god, Awo, alive and well because a "selfless sacrifice is not rewarded with death."   

The author tried so hard to make Alchera some "badass warrior," but it just feels so forced.