Its interesting that a book two can be so successful without the main character main charactering. Shes still in there but still we dont get any fun ravyn and elsbeth yearning and smooching so im really glad we had Elm and Ione. All of the side characters had such depth it was awesome. Just the right amount of stress pressure and tension to want to keep reading not stop bc you get stressed. Having everyone have to eventually face their fears and get through it basically via the power of friendship is so fun. Loved it. I’m afraid i dont have a ton of in depth analysis since its a book 2 and there wasnt world building in the same way. Every dog gets their day type book.