Hoewel het boek vanalles heeft dat voor zich spreekt: leuke karakters, een mooie wereld en een intrigerend plot, heeft het erg lang geduurd voor ik het uitlas. Al lezende genoot ik van het verhaal, maar zodra ik het boek weglegde, trok het me niet. Het zal niet het juiste verhaal voor mij zijn geweest op dit moment. Jammer, maar het gebeurt soms. Dus laat je niet weerhouden van dit verhaal als het je trekt. In andere omstandigheden was dit wellicht een 4 sterrenboek geweest voor mij. Sterren geven blijft toch een subjectief gebeuren.

I generally reserve my reviews for the final book of the series and that too selectively. I just wanted to show my appreciation for the author for keeping me hooked for 3 books and promising 3 more to come, and gifting us a book per year at that!

The board is set, the pieces are moving, and the intrigue is slowly, consistently building up!

A thoroughly enjoyable read and continuation to the series which has SO many big reveals, tense moments and crazy excitement. I think this one was a perfect one to binge-read and I actually audiobook-ed it, which I do recommend, there is a lot to catch up on. I missed reading this one when it came out which meant that there was a long gap between me finishing the second and the third, but I think that I still managed to return to the characters and world and not feel like I was missing too much or too distant. It's definitely a unique enough story and world to keep you interested, and the combination of sand ships, tribes, trapped souls, magic and more just pulls you in.

Ceda is our main character still, but Emre is now quite key to the plot. I think that there are a whole load of other characters who would be worthy of noting here too, but becuase I listened to the audio a lot of the sound similar enough to have slightly confused my brain. The voice acting was decent, but trying to remember who is who now is proving trickier for the more minor characters.

The plot here is still very much about the 12 Kings being brought down and to task for their injustices against the thirteenth tribe. We have learned a lot about Ceda's mother and her quest and the reasons she did and believed what she did. I think by this point in the series we are starting to see a big shift towards the war which looms, and the end of the book is largely focused on that. However, there is also a lot of other magic which is happening with goddesses, blood magic, birds and more.

Overall, a solid continuation and a good way to get back into the series. I plan to read the next one soon whilst it's still fresh in my memory. 4*s

Fantastique la série prend de plus en plus d'ampleur à chacun des tomes !

I didn't find this one as compelling as some of the other books, but still fine.

Will pick up book 4 today!

3 stars. It's not great but it's alright, I guess. PS: If Emre would die it would immediately gain at least half a star. I really loathe that character!

This one is probably closer to 4 stars than 3, but it's not as great as the first two, so I didn't feel good about giving it the same star rating. At long last, after thousands of pages, I began to lose interest in Ceda about 2/3 of the way through this one. Still, it's a good story, and if you've read the first two, it's worth your time.

Better than the (already enjoyable) previous two, this one wastes no time in jumping back into the action. If this is a sign of the future installments’ quality, then this series will be remembered as one of the greats.