The second book started with the childhood of the most hated character of the first book. It stands to reason that the third book should then start with the childhood of the most hated character of the second book. It does!

It is as if Brett started out writing each book thinking about "what do my readers not want to read about?" and then writing just that. But it works out, just as it did in the second book. Better, I would say.

The first three books take us deeper and deeper into demon lore. The hamlets in the north know nothing but a few basic wards, and lock themselves in for the night. The dal'sharum have dedicated their lives to fighting demons each and every night. They take down hundreds of demons over their lives. Then there are the dama'ting, who almost never spoke until now and nobody seems to know what they are about. Read the book to learn more :).

The structure here is quite a bit like the first book: Inevera's past in the first half, then gradually back to the present. Her past of course is intertwined with Jardir's which is played for maximum effect. Every scene that we see for a second time turns gains a second interpretation or explanation. This is so well done!

The way we start seeing the more and more powerful layers of the world, so do Arlen, and now Renna, level up in the present. There is a lot of wrong in their world, and they want to fix it. They are super powerful. Is that enough? I really like this theme: could you fix the world if you could beat up anyone easily? The answer is mostly a "no", but they do give it a lot of thought and try to come up with something.