Children of Virtue and Vengeance

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, but this one did not hit the same. It felt like I was reading the same plot points over and over with the same frustrating outcome each time until the very end... the characters were constantly fluctuating between wanting peace for all and committing genocide. ALL OF THEM. It made it hard to root for anyone. And the ending felt like it came completely out of left field within the context of the story so far.