Listen, I love a fast paced book but this needed more time for me. I needed the magic system more fleshed out.

I liked Gray enough but there were times she was hard to root for lol Same can be said for Pike. He can be really arrogant but she can be very stubborn. Probably why, together, I rooted for them. 

I loved the aspect of being out in nature and the refuge and saving animals. All of that was great. Compared to her first novel, this isn’t bad, but I think the magic system just doesn’t hold up to the first novel because I wasn’t given enough of it.