This is a good “holiday special” sort of catch up book to sort of give an update on the original main human players in No-Hoth as they create a new holiday tradition there. There’s also a sub-plot of Claire’s toxic relationship with Bek and her finding support in Ereven as she tries to overcome habits learned in her childhood from her mother’s toxic relationships and find happiness. Overall, not a necessary book in the series but if you’ve already read and liked the first 4, you’ll probably want to check it out.

Just. Ugh.