The Shadowed Sun

I enjoyed The Shadowed Sun much more than The Killing Moon. The story is more interesting, and the characters are more realistic. The book definitely has layers. There is very much the sense of characters facing genuine hardships and having the agency to overcome them—which I have come to associate with NK Jemisin's work, she does this very well. I found the romance in the book “meh” and fairly predictable. I wish that it hadn't been there, but it doesn't distract too much from the main story.