This is a 4,5 for me but I would round it up because I really enjoyed it.

This was even more fast-paced than the first book, which I loved. The fight scenes are just amazing and I'm always on the edge of my seat.

The worldbuilding was often delivered a little bit more clumsily in this book, but I did appreciate the recap in the beginning and I do love the setting.

What still bothers me a lot, and this seems to bother other people too, is that Tau gets hurt worse and worse and he's still the best fighter ever and is hardly slowed down by almost losing a leg, for example. No one ever sleeps, they just ride around and fight. It's driving me nuts and yes, it's a bit of a silly thing to complain about in a book about dragons but I am a silly goose and that's that.