The Shadow Casket

The shadow casket. What should have been one of my best books of this year Only it wasn't. I was left feeling disappointed. What I expected after the ember blade I didn't get. I want big battles revolution and while there was a big battle, this book just felt like a lot of filler for the next book. Ot was more political than adventure which is what I expected. Things happened. And it had me in a chokehold from SPOILER CHARACTER and Aren.
I also really loved Klyssen POV. He really stepped up in this book Oh and Grub! GRUB IS THE BEST. But the plot... left me wanting. It meandered and drove away from what I felt like the characters should have been paying attention to. And some of the characters. They changed and things happened that didn't add up. I won't get too much into spoilers but I feel the author tries to ☠️ characters or bad things happen to these characters and I just don't feel much? In the ember blade I loved the character but in this they lacked a lot.
Fen. We NEED to talk about fen If you've read the book you know what the author did. And I can tell you I don't like it. It doesn't fit well with fens character but also WHY. Not only did I question one moment that happened to fen as it came across unbelievable and while after talking to some friends or could be possible I also find it highly unlikely someone like Fen would react to this SPOILER in that way. It left me feel sour and like the author has no idea about women. I am going to note that it seems like every female character Aren comes across there has to be a hint of romance. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but I don't like how that makes me feel as a woman It was an okay read. i feel the last book is going to be a big banger and I wish the middle book wasn't so middley