3.5 for the second book, but 4 stars for the duology as a whole!  This is how you do a duology and this is how you do romantasy!! 

The second book complemented the first one well, it really felt like the perfect split between two books. She expanded the world and magic system, but kept the plot moving quickly. I really enjoyed the shift to multi-POV and development of the story’s villain! 

The romance was great- it was not the most amazing romance I’ve seen in a book (I need even more yearning I fear), BUT it was much stronger than I’ve seen in other romantasy. Gillig really did an impressive job on the romance without sacrificing the writing or plot, and it made for such an enjoyable experience!