Unfortunately 2021 is a hard year for me to read, so it took over two months for me to really start reading this book even though I opened it two months ago. When I managed to start reading, it took only two days to finish. You will want to have read every single Black Jewels book prior to this one, possibly recently. Anne's writing is so easy to read and devour. Her topics are not unless you are prepared for them. Her themes remain unchanged.