Whew that's a long book. I feel like it dragged on, though I'm not sure what could be trimmed.

A lot happened! 5 years passed since the end of the previous book, and things are very different at the end of this one. Like the previous one, I wasn't going to read the sequel and then the last few chapters changed my mind. 

Still a fascinating world, but getting Everyone Sucks Here vibes from the different factions vying for power.