I LOVED this duology and this book absolutely lived up to the buildup from the first book. The character growth, the magic and world-building continued to fleshed out as the story itself unfolded. I really loved the character growth and development over time.

Sorin my beloved I hated  the absolute hell you were put through  😭 but I loved the character you turned out to be.. Arcady and Everen’s relationship development was also written incredibly well. The climax/big bad of the duology was super fascinating, and I found elements of it to be Norse mythology inspired and I really liked the way

the worlds were tied and the wraiths were created/developed as part of the wound in the serpent around the tree.

 

The magic system all reflecting the tree as well was a really nice touch and the entertaining theme of is our fate chosen for us or do we choose our fate was nice. I also loved the way Lam wrote the nonbinary-ness of Arcady, the sex scenes especially were great and the whole social system of identifiers when meeting new people and talking about them.