**EDIT: this book only gets better each time you read it. I just finished my second read and I’m crying all over again. It’s a true masterpiece.

"Something calls out to him. I am different than I was. I do not want my mother's song, my mother's souls. I want - I do not know. But I want something more than the death that she offers me. I want something more than her voice, her power. I want something more. I want something mine."

It has been two days since I finished this book, and I still find myself somewhat speechless. I wasn't sure Joanna Meyer could top Echo North - but this book was something truly spectacular. If I could give a book more than five stars, I would do so for this one in a heartbeat.

I sat on my bed after reading the last pages, unsure of what to think or feel. I'm not sure I've ever been so deeply affected by a fantasy novel. I had to just sit in silence and allow the emotions to wash over me. I fought back tears for the last third of the story.

Haunting. Breathtaking. Soul-shattering. Those are a few of the words I could use to describe this book. The character development is beautiful (even down to the chapter headings changing for Seren as the story goes on). It's a true roller coaster of emotions as you fall in love with the characters and the characters fall in love with each other. There is such depth to this story, and I'll never really get over it.