The first book of the series was one of my favorites. The world building, supporting characters, and story are all wonderful. The main problem comes from the main character, who doesn't ever seem to have character growth in any meaningful ways even throughout the second entry. I find myself at times wishing the worst on her solely because she makes the most annoying mistakes out of any main character of any fantasy book I've read, and refuses to mature in any way. And to make matters worse, many of the supporting characters see less and less action within this book or they die (or both). Death is to be expected in a book like this of course, but it can be frustrating when the main character is so annoying that you have few redeemable characters to fall back on. Overall a disappointment compared to the first entry that makes it tough to want to read the next entry.