Going to try to do this without spoilers.
Kelsea is now well established as The Queen of the Tearling and after her actions in book 1 a war with The Red Queen seems inevitable.
As has begun in book 1 the Kelsea looks is evolving but so is who she is and what she can do. But because she can do should she, that is a question she has to face many times leading up to the cliffhanger ending. Much of this story is also the story of Lily, a pre-crossing woman that Kelsea somehow finds herself linked to.
And just who is the dark man in the fire? And who is The Red Queen really? And what is the deal with the sapphires? Some of these are answered in this book but things are teased just to the edge of an answer that won't come it seems until the final book of the trilogy The Fate of the Tearling, which I am anxiously awaiting delivery of.
This is a very well done and engaging story. The heart of it is the question of what people do and become. What would happen if people with a like mind of an egalitarian (socialist?) society could start over without the corrupting influence of others and without technology and weapons? Will it work or will human nature end up bringing things back to where we are now? It is an interesting thought experiment.
(Finished January 2, 2017)
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