A great continuation of the series. I loved getting to see more of Celeana's character development both in and out of her role as the assassin. It was also interesting to see the relationship between her and Chaol, he is quickly becoming my favorite. The worldbuilding, warfare, and politics were far more interesting in this book than in the first and I enjoyed that. Oh, and the ending was done pretty well, I had a thought about who I thought Aelin was and while I was wrong, I was pleasantly surprised.