

You’ll have to read this wonderful book for yourself to find out more, but I promise it will not disappoint! Vi is absolutely one of my new favorite characters!! She is so relatable and comes off as a person you want to be friends with, even though she’s heir to this giant empire and has this amazing magic. Vi will have some very hard decisions to make that could not only affect her empire but the entire world.

But while out hunting with her two best friends, Vi discovers some very interesting things about her magic, things that could cost her the throne if she’s not careful. Between her difficult magic, being trapped in the North and now with the arrival of a senator’s son here to assess her fitness to rule, Vi herself starts to have her own doubts. But 14 years have come and gone and now at 17 Vi is beginning to wonder if she will ever be allowed to go home and be with her family. For the first 14 years of her life, Vi is to live in the North where she has been hated since before she was born because of the actions of her Grandfather. Vi is a 17 year old woman trapped in an arrangement made by her parents before she was even conceived. When I initially read the Air Awakens series I immediately fell in love with Vhalla and Vi was no different. And while we do see a couple of familiar faces, this book is solely focused on Vi and her journey.

I say that in quotes because during the Air Awakens series we got to see a lot of the main continent but one part we didn’t fully see was the North, which is where this book takes place. So if you had wanted to read the Air Awakens series/Golden Guard series I would recommend reading those before this book! Now onto the main event, this book was absolutely incredible! I absolutely loved being back in this “world”. Quick Summary: – You think you know all there is about this world and then BAM, your mind is blown with a whole new side to it → Seriously, holy friggin world building! – A main character who loves maps and books!! Could you get more relatable!?! – A compelling storyline and a new type of magic THAT IS SO SUPER COOL!!! My Review: Let me start by saying reading the Air Awakens series is not necessary to understand this book/world but I HIGHLY recommend it!! You definitely notice a couple little things from the previous books that are in this book and well…GIANT spoiler since this book is about Vhalla and Aldrik’s (the main characters in Air Awakens) daughter.
