YALL I LOVED IT 🥹 this was genuinely everything i had hoped for and more!!!

there's so much expansion on the world building and lore of the continents, so many answered theories, the banter was top notch, as was the romance. but for every resolved question, there’s now a million more, leaving me even more invested. i'm so excited to reread this when the graphic audio comes out. 100/10 recommend. no notes.

 SPOILERS AHEAD!!! some more thoughts:

• ok they're MARRIED?! and imogen erased violet's memory?! they have to have some sort of plan. this is WILD. OFF THE PAGE TOO?
• some of my favourite plot guesses to be confirmed were xaden getting his title back, halden being violet's ex and xaden's mom being in the isle kingdoms with a new family. 
• another theory... reading intentions is NOT xaden's second signet! there were so many moments where he read people's actual thoughts, not just intentions. even violet pointed it out multiple times, like, “that's not how your signet works…”
• asher sorrengail was into some deep stuff - he was definitely not just an “ordinary” scribe.
• RIP quinn, we commend your soul to malek 😭 
• garrick is a distance wielder! he's been flying under the radar with his second signet, and i NEED more info on that. also imogen and garrick TOGETHER NOW!!!
• what's up with aaric? he's full of surprises & i'm very intrigued by him.
• i did not expect violet's tie to dunne, but what exactly does that mean?
• did tairn and sgaeyl really break the mating bond?
• WHO TURNED VENIN (was it bodhi 😭). i went back & forth like “who turned?” & i feel like we're still missing a big name sage or maven.
• xaden was so lover boy coded this book and i was loving every second of it 🥹🤭 i think he might have been at his best this book because he was both at his most vulnerable but also his harshest due to his internal battle. was he plotting & scheming to basically disappear from our lives & become worse? sure. was he also loving the shit out of violet? yeah. & the fact that he called her “love”… i melted every single damn time!!
• when lynx manifested shadows, that's when i felt it - nature likes balance!
• i was somehow convinced they would find a cure so i have no idea where the next book will go from here, but xaden clearly has some kind of plan so we'll see if it works out eventually.