My thoughts are all over the place right now, so let me break down this review into two pieces: 1) I am obsessed with this book and this series, and I cannot wait to read the rest of it, no matter how long I have to wait for book 4 eventually. 2) This book was fabulous, but also had a couple of holes for me. First, why did Bree have zero training and still outclass a bunch of people who had trained for their whole lives? I know this is a common take, but it's so valid. I love an overpowered character, but I love it when I feel like they've earned it, and Bree didn't really DO that much other than just be instantly decent to amazing. Second, and this is just my taste so do with it what you will, this book felt a bit scattered plotwise. It's hard for me to nail down, but I think maybe there wasn't enough foreshadowing in book one for how insane this book got, which made the insanity feel like it came a bit more out of nowhere. In book one, all of the insanity still felt like it was foreshadowed enough or at least was in the same realm as the rest of the book, but I feel like we went not from 0 to 100 but from 100 to 1 billion, if that makes sense. It feels like the fabric of the world shifted, and that's not how I usually feel when there's been sufficient setup and foreshadowing. All in all, I think Legendborn was better written than Bloodmarked, but I still really enjoyed this book.

I'm honestly already excited to re-read this. Not a single detail is missed. There are so many parallels between the stories and so many places where the stories intertwine that I would have NEVER seen coming. These women are about to live rent free in my head for the rest of my life, they are so brilliantly written. I'd also HIGHLY recommend the audiobook, three narrators and they all bring the story to life beautifully.

I don't know what rating to put on Characters. If it's about how well they are written? 5. If it's about how much I liked them? 1.