Even better than the first!!

I enjoyed this one even more, the characters, the world, everything was well written and was fun to read

Wow! Foz Meadows has firmly become and auto-buy author for me with this book.

Saffron Coulter experiences a lot during her time in Kena and now she has returned home but she isn't the same girl who left. She isn't alone in struggling with all of the changes that were wrought as her friends and found family are also trying to come to terms with the events at the end of An Accident of Stars.

Meadows weaves a captivating tale with this story paying respect to the tangible grief that all of the characters feel for their losses. I really love how inclusive and incisive this story is with BIPOC, queer, and trans characters as well as having social commentary. I was constantly surprised by this story and its twists and turns as well as being brought to tears not by moments that were more powerful than sad. There is a real feeling of consequences throughout the story and with an ending that is incredibly satisfying for the reader. I enjoy the way that this book feels as though we have only been granted a window into all of the characters' lives and they will go on living outside of the pages of this story, we just won't be granted a look into what those lives look; I like to think that Lita and Safi meet again in the future...

I truly do not feel as though I have the language to properly convey just how amazing this book was and feel so privileged to have been able to read it.