It’s been five weeks since Io left Alante to follow the golden thread, and she’s no closer to finding the god on the other end. She spends her days in constant, grueling travel and her nights worrying over the fate-thread she shares with Edei—which seems to be fraying. Making matters worse, she and Bianca soon realize that their only lead has shaken them off, snapped the golden thread, and disappeared.

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arasti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world―and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea.

The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore—a necromancer and former smuggler—to his right hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the sainted court and help the people of Dellaire.

This book read almost like a folklore book intermixed with a historical account. It’s a bit hard to explain.

Wow!! Okay, I had to say that first because this book was like a gut punch. This is grim dark urban fantasy set in our world featuring Slavic supernatural creatures.

First off, this book was compared to Emily Wilde and the only similarities it really holds is the academia tone and the fact that it’s written in an epistolary form. The content of the book itself was quite different.