Crown of feathers

Characters - as ever there was more characters that I haven't mentioned and I did like a few of them.
Veronyka - kind and a little naive.
Val - older sister and she was a little cruel.
Sev - Scared for the most part.

Likes
- map, timeline and glossary - I love when books have these in them.
- concept of Phoenix riders - it just sounds great and I liked how it was shown. I could tell it was well thought out and a lot of time went into the world building. Also the phoenixes I thought were done well.
- diversity - it felt natural and I really enjoyed it.
- the ending - Phoenix action was amazing.

Disliked
- info dumping - it is a fantasy and the world building has to be done but it felt a little long in some places and it didn't help with the pacing of the plot. Also some things felt repeated.
- I wasn't overall fond of the romance but I'm not a fan of romance in general. But I didn't think it was really needed, there is nothing wrong with just friendship.
- wasn't much Phoenix action and my interest wasn't held in some places.
- I found some info a little confusing but it may be because I had to keep putting it down.

It felt like a long read to me and I didn't really connect with the characters all that much but I still mostly enjoyed the story. If you like world building and phoenixes then this is for you.