First I can not even believe I got to read this book early by winning a Goodreads giveaway but I feel so freaking blessed!

This freaking book!!! I knew going in I was going to love it, I loved Mische from the moment we met her in The Serpent and the Wings of Night but boy did was I still blown away. Carrissa's writing has this way of just sucking me in and capturing my attention I found my self not wanting to come back to reality the farther into the book I got. This book is the first in the Shadowborn Duet and the 3rd in the Crowns of Nyaxia Series so we were already familiar with a bit of the back story and the world as it is. This book allows us a glimpse of the past as we get to traverse the complex layers leading to the underworld and travel the paths of the dead with our characters as they are facing a number of trials on a mission from their gods. This book got all the emotions from me and the ending had my jaw on the floor.