brian_strong_7504 shared a tip "Like having 5 POV's, which is a change from the first series. Brown has his first female POV, a relatively powerless Red teenager. This book serves as an introduction to characters not prominently in the first series. Not nearly as action packed as Dark Age, the next book."

kettlecorn shared a tip "This one took me so long to get through because i hated Darrows chapters. But at about chapter 27 it gets better for his chapters and instead it got harder to read Lysanders chapters. I really enjoyed Lyrias chapters and later on Ephraim. Originally i thought I was going to like Lyrias chapters the most but I found myself liking Ephraims best. (Sorta spoilers after here) My favorite character are Sevro and Kavax. At first I wasn’t much of a fan of Sevro anymore because he kept following Darrow instead of making his own choices but later on he does stand up to him. And I loved Kavax in this book because of what he did for Lyria."

tim_dockens shared a tip "The Phantom Menace of the series. Seriously one of the worse books I’ve read. I don’t even feel the need to write much of a review on it. Just a very disappointing story, full of political no nonsense."