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I started reading this book over last weekend and finished it last night. So the riders are back, new and old. The second book of the Empyrean series revolves around Violet, who has survived her first year despite the attempts on her life and now she has been thrown into the deep end again to save the people she loves from an enemy, nobody believed existed. Long! That's what I can say about this book. If you haven't read the first one, then be warned, there's mild spoilers ahead. Violet and Xaden try to work on their relationship and it gets to a point where you want to smack them both upside the head and tell them to either be together or just break up. Many secrets are revealed, some shocking, some not so much. There is a lot of description of the land, the history, sometimes a bit repetitive and some very long paragraphs. I couldn't remember much and maybe that's not a good thing. It's good to see Dain understand the truth. My favourite characters...

A friend of mine suggested this book way back in September but I just never got around to reading it until last week. Briefly speaking, the story revolves around Violet Sorrengail, a young woman forced to choose a calling she never wanted and the trials, betrayals and choices she faces. It is a fantasy novel including magic, folklore coming to life and of course, dragons. I have not read fantasy in a while because the ones that I read - Lord of the rings, Eragon, Game of thrones were good enough and to be honest, GOT tired me out. Nonetheless, this book holds its own. The story moves at a fast pace mostly and the characters are very likeable. I felt like reaching out and slapping a few of them, hugging a few of them; so that tells you the author has done a good job with the characters in the book. Violet is a badass but her sister Mira is incredible to me. There is much violence in the book and the author has noted a trigger warning at the beginning for sensitive readers. I...