Oh boy. This was so good! It was everything I loved about the first book, The Falconer, but on turbo steroids. Everything was upped. The level of imagination, already high for this series, was blown clear out of the water in comparison. Such an excellent sequel - I just loved it!

Aileana, having blipped through the portal she was attempting to seal shut in The Falconer, has been trapped in a mind-bending, twisty world of mirrors and magic enough to drive anyone insane, whilst slowly having her memories scoured by Lonnrach. During this same time, the human world has been all but obliterated. This was most certainly not the plan, but this is the situation, and Aileana must now deal with the consequences of her failure.

We see tremendous growth from Ailenana in this book and also get some much needed back story on Keiran. I also particularly enjoyed his sister, Aithinne's, contribution to the story. The world-building , which required some extra focus as it's essentially a completely new world Aileana is faced with outside of the portal, was excellent. All in all, this book had more of everything, including the feels!

Book 3 in this series, The Fallen Kingdom, has just been released and I can't wait to get to it. God damn you, TBR pile!

5 Stars ★★★★★  A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.