And they all lived happily… wait, what?

That’s how fairy tales end, right? Well, not this one. That isn’t to say it isn’t a satisfying, and even happy ‘ending’ for our protagonists, just that the ending you think you might get when you finish book 1 is probably not even close to where they end up.

The intertwining of the stories of our protagonists, as each chapter jumps back and forth between them, moving the story along feels natural, but also frustrating at times as I wanted to know what was gonna happen with this character next! But that’s the best sort of frustrating, and the sign of a good storyteller, when you’re left wanting more.

And I do want more.

Thankfully while this is the conclusion of this duology, and you could stop here, there are so many more stories that can… and need to be told, both about these characters, and the world at large. I wait with great anticipation for the next volume from the world of the Bear Kings.