There was a lot of plot crammed into this book, with plenty of action and interpersonal drama. And while it made for an action-filled book with few slow moments, it also meant that plenty of things (interpersonal issues, the moral implications of some of Wes's actions, information about side characters) went unaddressed or were quickly glossed over. The book was quick to jump from scene to scene without leaving much space for introspection, and the conflicts between Wes and the other characters were not really built up and resolved in a way that felt meaningful or emotionally satisfying to me. And while there was more focus on the romance in the last third of the book, I felt that it suffered a bit from not building it up more in the first two-thirds – the emotional impact just wasn't there for me. There was a lot of interesting worldbuilding in this book, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to get me interested in picking up the last book in the series.